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...Zwicker's record of service to his country includes combat action which has brought him many decorations and honors, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters and Arrowhead, British Distinguished Service Order, French Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre...
Colonel Azan was sent to Harvard by the French Government at the request of President A. Lawrence Lowell just before the United States entered the war. Thrice cited for gallantry in combat, he was an officer of the Legion of Honor and a holder of the Croix de Guerre...
...Born of solid Norman stock (he is no kin to the late Perfumer François Coty, who was really a Corsican named Spoturno), René Coty hung out his shingle as a lawyer in 1905, enlisted as a private in World War I and won a Croix de guerre, was first elected to the Parliament's lower house in 1923. Later, as a Senator, he had time for a comfortable law practice in Paris, specializing in bankruptcy cases, and became known as the "amiable liquidator." He believes that the French political system is more to blame than...
...years ago to a family of small merchants, he was educated in France, became a lawyer, teacher and government official. His son married a French girl. He had a hand in putting down Communist insurrections before and during World War II, and wore, among other decorations, the French Croix de guerre with palm and star. He became Minister of Security (chief of police) and finally-against Bao Dai's wishes-chief of government, or Premier...
...service of the "French Army Resistance Organization." When the U.S. forces landed in southern France, Navarre joined them, fought in the liberation of France, later led a regiment of mounted Spahis in De Lattre's Rhin et Danube army. He was seven times cited for bravery, wears the Croix de Guerre and Resistance Medal with rosette. Since then he has commanded a French armored division and been deputy commander in chief of the French occupation forces in Germany. His most recent job: chief of staff to Marshal Juin at NATO headquarters. Navarre's younger brother, Jacques, recently made...