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Soldiers getting angry get award ... (8,5)

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I believe the answer is:

military cross

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'soldiers' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'getting angry get award' is the wordplay.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'get award' becomes 'military' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cross' after 'military' is 'MILITARY CROSS'.

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(Other definitions for military cross that I've seen before include "Decoration for distinguished service in war" , "Army decoration" .)

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