National Commander Charles Feuereisen of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S. disclosed today that a number of men honored for wartime military service in France have mailed Croix de Guerre medals, Legion of Honor ribbons, and other decorations back to the French Government in protest against the anti-Israel policies of the de Gaulle Government.
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