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Home The French government bestowed the French Legion of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for merit, to WWII veterans during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony June 3rd, 2022, held in Carentan, France. Seventy-eight years later, the bravery and heroism demonstrated by Allied soldiers during WWII continues to be recognized and honored by the people of the Normandy region and U.S. soldiers. (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)) The French government bestowed the French Legion of Honor, the nation's highest military award for merit, to WWII veterans during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony June 3rd, 2022, held in Carentan, France. Seventy-eight years later, the bravery and heroism demonstrated by Allied soldiers during WWII continues to be recognized and honored by the people of the Normandy region and U.S. soldiers. (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault))

The French government bestowed the French Legion of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for merit, to WWII veterans during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony June 3rd, 2022, held in Carentan, France. Seventy-eight years later, the bravery and heroism demonstrated by Allied soldiers during WWII continues to be recognized and honored by the people of the Normandy region and U.S. soldiers. (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault))

The French government bestowed the French Legion of Honor, the nation's highest military award for merit, to WWII veterans during the Cabbage Patch Ceremony June 3rd, 2022, held in Carentan, France. Seventy-eight years later, the bravery and heroism demonstrated by Allied soldiers during WWII continues to be recognized and honored by the people of the Normandy region and U.S. soldiers. (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault))
Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) salutes during a ceremony June 3rd, 2022, to honor surviving veterans and those who lost their lives during the fighting in the Carentan cabbage patch on June 11, 1944. 101st Soldiers are participating in D-Day 78 commemorations in Normandy, France. Seventy-eight years later, the bravery and heroism demonstrated by Allied soldiers during WWII continue to resonate with 101st Soldiers. (101st Airborne Division (Air Assault))