French Consul General Mourier, left, prepared to embrace Grohoski after presenting him with his medal. Polish World War II veteran Marion Grohoski was awarded the Legion of Honor Wednesday January ...

But France had one trump card—a powerful Polish Legion, who fought for France in hopes that Napoleon would help to restore Polish independence. But the Poles were told that it was a prison ...

The 35,000 men of the Foreign Legion offer their lives to France and keep their loyalty for each other. Ask a soldier in Sidi-bel-Abbès his nationality and he will usually reply, “I am a ...

FRENCH PAPERS - Friday, Feb. 16, 2018: An online petition aims to award the French legion of honour to the group of Polish climbers who saved a French woman's life in the Himalayas. But first, we ...

In recognition of Skowron's heroics, a roundabout in Dechy now bears his name, while in 2020, French President Emmanuel Macron granted him the Legion of Honour, according to the dzieje.pl website.

It’s Earth’s version of taking the Black and heading for the Wall, the way Jon Snow does in Game of Thrones. Joining the French Foreign Legion granted men a safe haven for many for decades.

WWII vet receives France's Legion of Honor at Wheaton museum Posted July 01, 2016 1:00 am. Katlyn Smith ... a Polish Catholic, was held in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Eleonora Bergman, a Polish Jewish historian and former director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, was awarded the French Legion of Honor.