Jérémie Robert, France’s consul general for New York, presented the 99-year-old veteran with the medal for the Knight of the Legion of Honor. The Legion of Honor, with five distinctions, is the highest award France can give to anyone, military or otherwise. Gojmerac’s daughter and grandson, the latter of whom lives in France, put his name forward to France for the Legion of Honor. “I’m not accepting it for myself, but for the men that didn’t make it,” Gojmerac said when receiving the Legion of Honor award. Although it has been more than 75 years since the end of the war, Gojmerac has a strong memory of his time in the Army.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 22, 2023 15:38 UTC