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Lieutenant) January 06, 2015

French Legion of Honor award
8 years ago ago by jfbruns.

WWII Veteran Charles 'Chick' Bruns was appointed to the rank 'Knight of the Legion of Honor', France’s highest distinction. Through this award, the French government pays tribute to the soldiers who did so much for France 70 years ago.

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HQ Batallón) September 27, 2014

... David Baines MBE, a veteran of the Normandy campaign and President of the Normandy Veterans’ Association, said: “This new memorial will remind people, particularly the younger generation, what it was like in 1944 and how the occupation of Europe was put to an end.

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HQ Batallón) August 26, 2014

Keith Davis is a proud member of the American Legion Post 28 in Springville. Despite landing on Utah Beach in Normandy with the 16th Field Artillery in 1944, fighting in the infamous Battle of the Bulge and liberating a Nazi concentration camp, the 89-year-old veteran begins his story of service...read more

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HQ Batallón) May 30, 2014

Robert Jagoda, a resident of Woodland Pond at New Paltz, was captured and held as a prisoner of war during World War II. For Memorial Day, Jagoda shared his story of survival. On the beachheads of Salerno and Anzio, Germans attempted one final massive attack to retake Italy. During this combat,...read more

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