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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.
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...
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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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.
Nov 25, 2020 · Army veteran Frank Delia of North Belle Vernon, who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy two days after the start of the historic June 6, 1944, invasion to liberate France, was awarded the French Legion of Honor on Saturday morning by Jean-Dominique Le Garrec in a ceremony outside the Country Care Manor nursing home in Washington Township, Fayette ...
Oct 22, 2023 · Army veteran John Gojmerac (right) received the Legion of Honor from Jérémie Robert, the Consul General of France in New York. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William Griffen)
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Oct 20, 2023 · TONAWANDA, N.Y. — John Gojmerac, a WWII veteran who served in the 3rd Infantry Division, received the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honour from Jeremie Robert, consul general of France in...
