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Jan 27, 2019 · Three St. Louis-area World War II veterans in their 90s who played roles in liberating France from Nazi occupation have been given France’s Legion of Honor.
May 1, 2022 · The Légion is not just an award; it is membership in an elite group of people who have served France in outstanding ways, with five levels of honor: Stone, Skarlatos, their friend Anthony Sadler, and British businessman Chris Norman were awarded at the level of Knight for their heroics.
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Sep 20, 2017 · US veterans awarded France's highest honor for WWII service. The veterans were each presented the National Order of the Legion of Honor during a ceremony Tuesday at Los Angeles National...
Jun 1, 2015 · After submitting an application, most American veterans who served in France during World Wars I and II are inducted into the Légion d’honneur, or Legion of Honor. The French Legion of Honor is an order of distinction first established by Napoleon Bonaparte in May of 1802.
Dec 1, 2019 · Friday (Nov. 22), the French government named him a knight of the Legion of Honor, its highest distinction, for his part in liberating France from Nazi occupation 75 years ago.
The Legion of Honour is a national order of France, meaning a public incorporated body. The Legion is regulated by a civil law code, the "Code of the Legion of Honour and of the Military Medal".
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Oct 22, 2023 · The Legion of Honor, with five distinctions, is the highest award France can give to anyone, military or otherwise. Gojmerac himself is not French, but he did fight to help liberate the...
