Two Local Veterans Receive French Medals

TYLER – Two residents of Tyler’s Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home have received the Medal of Knight in the French Legion of Honor. It was for their contribution to the liberation of France during WWII. Receiving the medal in a ceremony Monday afternoon was Austeen V. “Chuck” Bice and Homer C. Garrett. The Legion of Honor is the highest French decoration and shares the same characteristics with two U.S. decorations: the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration for military actions, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest decoration for civilian contributions.