"Macron also bestowed the Legion of Honor on 103-year-old Christian Lamb, the daughter of a Royal Navy admiral who was studying in Normandy in 1939 when her father called her back to London. There, Lamb created detailed maps that guided the crews of landing craft on D-Day.
The French president bent down to Lamb in a wheelchair, pin the medal and kiss her on both cheeks, describing her as one of the 'heroes in the shadows.'”
~ JOHN LEICESTER, SYLVIE CORBET AND DANICA KIRKA
"Dwindling number of D-Day veterans plea to recall WWII lessons in today's wars"
https://apnews.com/article/d-day-france-russia-ukraine-wwii-7b6896a9d891fb2d2f75b29e1cfd67ad
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