Legion of Honor ceremony, Atlanta, GA September 24, 2013

You entered into active service in September 1943 and you were a part of the C-Company of the 315th Regiment in the 79th Infantry Division.

You were sent on April 7, 1944 to the European Theater Operations. You fought and aided in the liberation of the French towns in Avranches, Cherbourg, Fougeres, Laval, Le Mans, Saint-Armand, Joinville, and Luneville in Lorraine.

For your active participation in these combats, you were awarded the Bronze Star Medal along with the Good Conduct Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.

As a witness to the sacrifice of American combatants during the liberation of Europe, you were, at the end of the war, the only surviving member of C-Company to have landed in Normandy on June 12th, 1944.

Sergeant Thomas H. Creekmore, au nom du President de la Republique francaise, nous vous remettons les insignes de Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.