What criminal did Mayhew Foster capture that was a recipient of the "Pour le Mérite"?
Mayhew Foster Mayhew Y. "Bo" Foster (October 9, 1911 – March 21, 2011) was an American soldier who flew captured Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring from Austria to Germany for interrogation by the 7th Army. For his actions in World War II, Foster was awarded both the Silver Star and the Légion d'Honneur.
Jean J. Beaufort Jean Joseph Beaufort, (1832 - September 15, 1897) known also as John Joseph Beaufort, was a French-born corporal in the Union Army who was awarded a Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the American Civil War.