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WWII Vets Honored In Athens
Posted on January 18, 2013
The Legion of Honor is France's most distinguished decoration and it can be bestowed to recognize the special contribution and act of bravery while fighting for the liberation of our country during WWII.
The decision to honor World War II combatants applies only to living veterans who served on French territory and in French territorial waters and airspace from 1944 through1945. Those selected, are appointed to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Denif Barbet, Consul General of France was at the Alabama Veterans Museum in Athens yesterday to bestow this award on four local WWII heroes.
The Veterans receiving the award were, Cal Bonner, Army WWII, Theo Calvin, Army WWII, William P. (Jack) Hunter, Army Air Corps WWII, and Clifford Wilford, Army WWII.
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