Usually means: Recognition for bravery in reports.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Mentioned in dispatches)

noun:  To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.


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