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RSS FeedsAfter 75 years, a war hero gets France`s highest honor
(World News USA)

 
 

1 december 2019 11:16:25

 
After 75 years, a war hero gets France`s highest honor
(World News USA)
 


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - 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 Honor for his part in liberating France. Glenn Pitts has been a laundry manager, a building contractor and a Jacksonville landlord. Friday (Nov. 22), the French government named him a knight of the Legion of Honor, its highest distinction, for his part in liberating France from Nazi occupation 75 years ago. `We know what we owe you and your brothers,` Laurent Gallissot,...


 
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