3rd Infantry Division World War II veteran and Silver Star recipient John Gojmerac (pictured on the right in an undated portrait) received the Legion of Honor from Consul General of France Jérémie ...

Two months after D-Day, an Allied force dominated by soldiers conscripted from French colonies swept into southern France. It’s a chapter of its history that France has long obscured. By Roger Cohen ...

PLABENNEC, France — As the world commemorated the 80th anniversary this year of the D-Day landings at Normandy and the liberation of Europe from the Nazis, one French family finally began to come to ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — John Gojmerac, a WWII veteran who served in the 3rd Infantry Division, received the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honour from Jeremie Robert, consul general of France in New ...

Leggio “Lee” Sassi’s military career started off as a precocious teenager, lying about his age to enter the Army. Almost 90 years later, he received France’s most prestigious service award. Sassi, 103 ...