The Legion of Honor medal. (Remy de la Mauviniere/AP) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Glenn Pitts lived a quiet life after World War II, but a friend’s tip led to the 94-year-old receiving the Legion of Murphy wearing the U.S. Army khaki "Class A" (tropical service) uniform with full-size medals, 1948 Murphy's award for the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated United States Army combat soldiers of World War II, serving from 1942 to 1945. He received every American combat award for valor available at the time of his service NC WWII veterans receive Legion of Honor from France: WCNC. NC WWII veterans receive French Legion of Honor: FOX 46 WJZY. GA WWII veteran receives France’s ’Legion of Honor’ medal: FOX 5 Atlanta. GA World War II veteran receives France’s Legion of Honor: The Douglas County Sentinel. Last modified on 06/12/2018. A WWII veteran and "Frenchie," he was awarded the French Legion of Honor medal in 2022. Pascale Lozano, 62, a native of Paris and resident of Lafayette, is on a mission to ensure that American The nonprofit, which was founded in 1890, is the nation’s oldest veterans service organization. The Legion of Valor is open to recipients of the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross or Distinguished Service Cross. “The Legion of Valor was created to help these veterans, the ones who held the Medal of Honor at the time, and the Navy French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday awarded medals to five World War II veterans at the French Embassy in Washington on Wednesday. The award, the Legion of Honour – the highest honour The Legion of Valor is a federally chartered corporation created to promote patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity to the U.S. Constitution, and popular support for civil liberties and the permanence of free institutions. [1] Its membership is open to recipients of the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross The following is a non-exhaustive list of recipients of the Legion of Honour awards, since the first ceremony in May 1803. [3] 2,550 individuals can be awarded the insignia every year. [5] The total number of awards is close to 1 million [6] (estimated at 900,000 in 2021, [5] including over 3,000 Grand Cross recipients [7] ), with some 92,000 Brigadier General Ralph B. Lovett and Lieutenant Colonel Hallet D. Edson recommended Murphy for the Medal of Honor. Near Salzburg, Austria on 2 June 1945, Lieutenant General A.M. Patch presented Murphy with the Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit for his actions at Holtzwihr. When asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun and taken Compiled by Gayle Alvarez, Medal of Honor Historical Society, US As of 5 August 2020 Page 2 Medal of Honor Recipients Who Entered The Service In Mississippi Barfoot, Van Thomas Carthage, MS World War II Brown, Wilson Mississippi River, MS Civil War Commiskey, Sr., Henry Alfred Hattiesburg, MS (Jackson, MS) Korean War 46fX.