French Flag Returned to Paris-- Part 1

From the September 19, 2010,  Chronology World News "Remorseful US vet returns French war flag to Paris."

I originally started this entry on September 20, 2010, but didn't finish, in my Cooter's History Thing blog, but will do the whole thing here in this new blog.

The day Paris was liberated from the Germans in 1944, a young American soldier nabbed a souvenir, the French flag partisans had put up hanging from the Arc de Triomphe.  Now, 65 years later, the 13 yard tricolor flag was returned in a ceremony in southern France.  The American veteran is ashamed and wishes to remain anonymous.

French officials thank him and promise not to prosecute.  The flag is in excellent shape and has been carefully preserved all these years.

The French Resistance hung the flag Auust 25, 1944, after French General Philippe Leclerk's 2nd Armored Division, backed by Americans rolled into Paris after the Germans had surrendered after refusing to follow Hitler's orders to destroy the city.

More to Come (And I Promise Not Two Years From Now).  --GreGen