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Croix de Guerre

HONOR

Awarded by France since 8 April 1915 for bravery in the face of the enemy, issued during the two World Wars as well as conflicts in the French colonies. This is a relatively common award, equivalent to "mentioned in dispatches." Many were issued to US and British soldiers. To confuse matters, during WWII, both the Vichy government and the Free French Forces issued awards by the same name as well. Belgium also issues a Croix de Guerre with similar design.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Claude Auchinleck
Military
21-Jun-1884 23-Mar-1981 C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Actor
5-Jan-1911 30-Jan-2001 La Machine Infernale
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
James Baldwin
Novelist
2-Aug-1924 30-Nov-1987 Go Tell It on the Mountain
Samuel Beckett
Playwright
13-May-1906 22-Dec-1989 Waiting for Godot
Ahmed Ben Bella
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 11-Apr-2012 President of Algeria, 1963-65
William P. Benton
Business
4-Nov-1923 19-Feb-2009 Former VP at Ford
Robert O. Blood
Politician
10-Nov-1887 3-Aug-1975 Governor of New Hampshire, 1941-45
J. Caleb Boggs
Politician
15-May-1909 26-Mar-1993 Governor and Senator from Delaware
Emperor Bokassa I
Royalty
22-Feb-1921 3-Nov-1996 Central African Emperor
Omar Bradley
Military
12-Feb-1893 8-Apr-1981 US Army Chief of Staff
Louis Bromfield
Author
27-Dec-1896 18-Mar-1956 Early Autumn
Stanley Bruce
Head of State
15-Apr-1883 25-Aug-1967 Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29
William C. Bullitt
Diplomat
25-Jan-1891 15-Feb-1967 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36
Howard W. Cannon
Politician
26-Jan-1912 5-Mar-2002 US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Hugh L. Carey
Politician
11-Apr-1919 7-Aug-2011 Governor of New York, 1975-83
René Cassin
Government
5-Oct-1887 20-Feb-1976 Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient
Vernon Castle
Dancer
2-May-1887 15-Feb-1918 Vernon & Irene Castle
André F. Cournand
Scientist
24-Sep-1895 19-Feb-1988 Cardiac catheterization
Jacques Cousteau
Activist
11-Jun-1910 25-Jun-1997 Oceanographer, environmentalist
James Doolittle
Aviator
14-Dec-1896 27-Sep-1993 Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942
Avery Cardinal Dulles
Religion
24-Aug-1918 12-Dec-2008 Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal
John Marshall Harlan
Judge
20-May-1899 29-Dec-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
John Howard
Actor
14-Apr-1913 19-Feb-1995 Bulldog Drummond
Frédéric Joliot
Physicist
19-Mar-1900 14-Aug-1958 Artificial radioactivity
Noor Inayat Khan
Spy
1-Jan-1914 13-Sep-1944 British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Joyce Kilmer
Poet
6-Dec-1886 30-Jul-1918 Trees
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Military
29-Aug-1899 12-Nov-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69
John Davis Lodge
Politician
20-Oct-1903 29-Oct-1985 Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55
Raymond Loewy
Designer
5-Nov-1893 14-Jul-1986 Father of industrial design
Fitzroy Maclean
Politician
11-Mar-1911 15-Jun-1996 Eastern Approaches
André Malraux
Novelist
3-Nov-1901 23-Nov-1976 La Condition Humaine
George C. Marshall
Military
31-Dec-1880 16-Oct-1959 US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45
Daniel T. McCarty
Politician
18-Jan-1912 28-Sep-1953 Governor of Florida, 1953
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
Lord Mountbatten
Military
25-Jun-1900 27-Aug-1979 Last Viceroy of India
Louis Néel
Physicist
22-Nov-1904 17-Nov-2000 Magnetic properties of solids
Charles Nordhoff
Novelist
1-Feb-1887 10-Apr-1947 Mutiny on the Bounty
Olav V
Royalty
2-Jul-1903 17-Jan-1991 King of Norway, 1957-91
William S. Paley
Business
28-Sep-1901 26-Oct-1990 Chairman of CBS, 1946-83
William H. Parker
Government
21-Jun-1902 16-Jul-1966 Chief of LAPD, 1950-66
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Archie Roosevelt
Relative
9-Apr-1894 13-Oct-1979 Conservative leader against New Deal
John D. Ryan
Military
10-Dec-1915 27-Oct-1983 USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73
William Seabrook
Author
22-Feb-1886 20-Sep-1945 Thoroughly sodden traveling author
Oliver Seth
Judge
30-May-1915 27-Mar-1996 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84
John K. Singlaub
Military
10-Jul-1921   US Army general, CIA operative
Walter Bedell Smith
Government
5-Oct-1895 9-Aug-1961 CIA Director, 1950-53
John B. Swainson
Politician
31-Jul-1925 13-May-1994 Governor of Michigan, 1961-63
Violette Szabo
Spy
26-Jun-1921 5-Feb-1945 British secret agent, fought with French Resistance
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Philosopher
1-May-1881 10-Apr-1955 The Phenomenon of Man
Earle G. Wheeler
Military
13-Jan-1908 18-Dec-1975 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70
Alvin York
Military
13-Dec-1887 2-Sep-1964 Highly decorated WWI veteran


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