France’s Foreign Legion – an elite force of foreign volunteers serving under French command – will on Thursday hold its most ...

PARIS (AP) — France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been stripped of his Legion of Honor medal after being convicted last year of corruption and influence peddling while he was the country’s ...

There was a time Ed Cottrell did not know if he was going to make it home alive. Now, the 102-year-old World War II veteran is being honored with a French Legion of Honor medal. Cottrell enlisted in ...

CNEC Level Two taught me that in the French Foreign Legion, rank meant almost nothing until hunger, cold, sleep deprivation, ...

DALLAS — The government of France has made a concerted effort to find every allied WWII soldier they can to offer them the country's highest honor. Thanks to a Preston Hollow magazine article, a ...

“They refused to surrender—even when surrounded, outnumbered, and out of ammunition.” This is the story of the French Foreign ...

World War II veteran Emil G. Hirsch, 98, a five-year resident of Northbrook, received France’s highest distinction of honor for his participation in the liberation of France during World War II.

SHAWNEE, Kan. – A Shawnee, Kansas veteran is now more than just a World War II American hero. He’s now a Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honor. A former Kansas City Chief helped make ...