During WWII, G.P. fought as a lt. & won this French military honor created in 1915 to reward bravery
American veterans 
who risked their lives during World War II and who fought on French territory ... 
anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, a military offensive... [DOC] [TLE] World War II and the American Home Front - National Park Service [PAR] 1941; the dramatic growth in union membership during the war; and conflicts 
among union ... historians agree that World War II was won as surely on the 
American home front as it ...