Croix de Guerre with Palm
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HEADQUARTERS 34TH INFANTRY DIVISION
UNITED STATES ARMY
APO-34

GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 259
5 October 1945
SUBJECT: French Unit Citation

TO: Each Officer and Enlisted Man, 34th Infantry Division

The United States Secretary of War having concurred in the acceptance of the official French unit citation of the 34th Infantry Division, by the President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic and Chief of the Armed Forces, General De Gaulle, the following translated copy of the official citation is forwarded to you for your personal possession:

Headquarters   FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY CORPS IN ITALY   G-1 Section
Campaign from December 1943 - July 1944   Order No. 843

ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE MINISTER OF WAR,

The President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
and Chief of the Armed Forces, cites:

IN ARMY ORDERS

The 34th United States Infantry Division

"A 'division d'elite', whose loyal and efficient cooperation with the French divisions, begun in TUNISIA, was gloriously continued throughout the Italian campaign, in particular during the operations of BELVEDERE when the 34th Division, despite the difficulties of the moment, displayed most courageous efforts in support of the operations of the 3rd Algerian Division.

This citation bears with it the award of the Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Paris, 21 June 1945
(French Seal)
Signed: De Gaulle
General of the Army JUIN
Chief of Staff
General Staff of National Defense

/s/ A. JUIN

/s/Charles L. Bolte

CHARLES L. BOLTE
Major General, U.S. Army
Commanding

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