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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The French government presented the Croix de Guerre with Palms to 293 former 15th Air Force officers for liberating southern France in WWII. Brig. Gen. Jacques Louis Martin awarded it at the French embassy in Washington, with 36 officers present, including Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining.
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WASHINGTON (P). The French government presented the Croix de Guerre with Palms yesterday to 293 former officers of the 15th Air Force for their help in liberating southern France in World War Two.
Brig. Gen. Jacques Louis Martin, French air attache, made the presentation in a ceremony at the French embassy. Thirty-six of the American officers were present to receive the decoration.
Among them were: Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, former commander of the 15th Air Force, now head of the Air Force's Alaska Command with headquarters at Anchorage, Alaska.
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croix de guerre with palms presented to 293 former officers; 36 american officers received it in person.
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The French government presented the Croix de Guerre with Palms to 293 former officers of the 15th Air Force for their help in liberating southern France in World War Two. Brig. Gen. Jacques Louis Martin, French air attache, made the presentation in a ceremony at the French embassy. Thirty-six of the American officers were present to receive the decoration. Among them was Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, former commander of the 15th Air Force, now head of the Air Force's Alaska Command with headquarters at Anchorage, Alaska.