GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number

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Correct Idiom: Awarded X in recognition of Y

Note
- "...the nation’s highest military award.." is a modifier, hence sentence will stand even without it.
- "...inlong overdue recognition...", herelong overdue is an essential modifier modifyingrecognition

Side note
-in recognition for is also correct idiom
-Awarded with X is also correct, howeverAwarded X is preferred
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