![Jimmy Stewart Receiving The Croix De Guerre](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jimmy-Stewart-Croix-De-Guerre-scaled.jpg)
General Martial Henri Valin, head of staff of French Air Forces, decorates American Colonel and actor Jimmy Stewart with the Croix de Guerre with palm as a reward for exceptional service rendered for France’s liberation on May 19, 1945. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
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