FRENCH AWARDS TO YANKS, METZ, FRANCE Part 2
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Signal Corps ADC 2791 DC SOURCE: AFCF (M-1007-1008) 791 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 874' ea Silent LIB 1033 - FRENCH AWARDS TO YANKS Metz, France - 29 Nov 1944 VS, Maj Gen Walton H Walker receives Legion of Honor from French Gen Dody. MSs, Brig Gens Harold C Vanderveer and Aln D Warnock and Maj Gen Stanford Leroy Irwin of 5th Div receive Croix de Guerre and Legion of Merit awards from Gens Walker and Dody. MSs, CUs, US troops pass in review at presentation ceremony. CUs, Gens Walker and Dody decorate other US officers and enlisted men. CUs, US and French Color guards. Excellent HSs, US and French troops parade. MS,* French woman receives decoration for rescuing Allied airmen. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/lzw
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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