A French Army colonel awarding Operation Jedburgh personnel Jean Larrieu the Croix de Guerre with Palm, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France, 5 Sep 1944

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
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Photo Size 916 x 887 pixels
Photos on Same Day 5 Sep 1944
Photos at Same Place Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons CC0 1.0

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1. JCM says:
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.

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