
Caption | A French Army colonel awarding Operation Jedburgh personnel Jean Larrieu the Croix de Guerre with Palm, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France, 5 Sep 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseJean Larrieu | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 5 Sep 1944 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 25 Oct 2014 | |||||||
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3 Jan 2016 12:11:44 AM
Jean Larrieu was a great resistant and in post war was in french special service.
The colonel is Marcel Descour, responsable of french resistance for lyon (second town of France) during ww2 and, later as lieutenant general he was leading the occupying force in austria.