KENNESAW — Out of eternal gratitude, France awarded the Legion of Honor to a Kennesaw man Friday morning for his efforts in World War II to liberate Europe from Germany.
In a ceremony at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, Richard “Dick” Bailey, who recently celebrated his 91st birthday, was given the Legion of Honor by the French consulate.
Bailey, who was a First Lieutenant with the 322nd Bombardment Group in the Army Air Corps, was one of 11 veterans honored at the event that U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson attended.
When Denis Barbet, the consul general of France in Atlanta, pinned the medal, Bailey said “it was an honor 70 years in the making, but he did not kiss me on both checks.”
via The Marietta Daily Journal – Veteran receives Legion of Honor 70 years after serving in WWII.
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