- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:25, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
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Dai Anlan
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Dai Anlan
... that after Chinese General Dai Anlan (pictured) died in the Burma Campaign 77 years ago today, the United States awarded him the Legion of Merit medal, which was later reissued by President Ronald Reagan?Source: date of death, info about medal- ALT1: ... that after Chinese General Dai Anlan (pictured) died in the Burma Campaign, the United States awarded him the Legion of Merit, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and reissued by President Reagan?
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jane Somerville
- Comment: For May 26, his 77th death anniversary
Moved to mainspace by Zanhe (talk). Self-nominated at 01:11, 16 March 2019 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, QPQ done, sourcing fine, no copyvio issues. I've suggested a somewhat more interesting hook based on the same sourcing as ALT 1, adding that the medal was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Coretheapple (talk) 23:31, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Coretheapple: Thanks for your review. I'm fine with ALT1. -Zanhe (talk) 16:07, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Yoninah and Cwmhiraeth: Sorry I've been travelling and did not login for a few days. I've now added two inline cites. Thanks for keeping an eye on this. -Zanhe (talk) 06:15, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
