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.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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