French award, the "Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur", created 1820 by Napoleon Bonaparte. The order is generally although not exclusively awarded for military service. While it is the highest decoration bestowed by the nation, a rather large count of individuals have received it.
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The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (French: "National Order of the Legion of Honour") is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Fi...
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Legion of Honor or Legion of Honour may refer to: •Légion d'honneur, one of the highest decorations awarded by France •Philippine Legion of Honor, one of the highest decorations awarded by the Phil...
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Professor Susan Tiefenbrun Is Awarded the Medal of the French Legion Of Honor ... Professor Susan Tiefenbrun was awarded the medal of the French Legion of Honor by Decree of the President of France on July 7, 2004. Judge Michel Ameller of the French Constitutional Council, France’s highest court, bestowed the honor...
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In addition to Bittermann, who is American and Irish, two other Americans were named Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor on the New Year's list released Thursday by the president's office: Howard Mamoian, a World War II paratrooper, and John Morris, a news photographer.
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France’s Legion d’Honneur; Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Legion of Honor in 1802 to recognize unusual military and government services. There are five ... During WWI, prior to the US entering the war, in addition to the 38 American members of the Lafayette Escadrille, a regular unit (N-124 )in the French Air Service,
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The French Consul General in Boston M. Francois Gauthier conferred the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honor on Charles L. Schepens, clinical professor of ophthalmology emeritus, in a special ceremony on March 21. Given on behalf of the French government, the prestigious award recognizes Schepens patriotic service to ...
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded Barbra Streisand the Legion of Honor medal at the Elysee Palace in Paris Thursday. ... PARIS - Barbra Streisand performed her first-ever concert in France this week — and was rewarded with a medal of the Legion of Honor.
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Solchenberger has been notified by Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere, the consul general of the French Republic, that he has been named knight of the Legion of Honor for his courageous action during that battle.
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Sixty-three years after his heroic actions that day, Mrs. Shay's son will gather one more honor for his wall. On Nov. 6 he will become a Chevalier dans ... Shay, a Penobscot Indian who now lives on the Indian Island Reservation in a house beside a tall white shingled "tepee," has a rather unusual French ancestry of his own.
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