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France's Legion of Honour medal goes to this 103-year-old Army veteran in South Jersey
The deputy consul read the official proclamation in French, pinning the medal to the right breast of his Army field jacket. The Legion of Honour was established in 1802 by Emperor Napoleon ...
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Demna Wore a Black T-shirt, Natch, to Receive a French Honor
HEAVY MEDAL: There's a good chance this was the first French medal of honor pinned on an artfully decayed black T-shirt. Rachida Dati, France's minister of culture, kept re-pinning and ...
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History of The Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor ... fearlessly engaged the numerically superior German force at Chatel-Chehery, France, on Oct. 8, 1918 - just a month before the ...
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The Medal of Honor Fraud Case that Took Stolen Valor to the Extreme
A plaque honoring Medal of Honor recipient Robert D. Maxwell was unveiled during a ceremony on Sept. 7, 2018, at Besancon, France. (Sgt. Benjamin Northcutt/U.S. Army photo) Despite those good ...
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More Than 80 Years Later, Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Action Is Still Like Something Out of a Movie
American and French forces would fight for more than ... presented the 19-year-old Murphy with the Medal of Honor for his actions outside of Holtzwihr. By the war's end, he would famously receive ...
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Legion of Honor recipient, 97, recalls days in Europe
Next month, McClure's family will join him in Mississippi where the 97-year-old will receive the French Legion d'honneur, or Legion of Honor. The medal is France's highest honor given to veterans ...
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History of the Medal
Over the years, the Medal of Honor’s parameters have undergone revisions ... for his nonstop flight in his airplane from New York to Paris, France, 20-21 May 1927." ...