Congratulating Marcel Closset, a French citizen and former member of the French Resistance who was instrumental in saving a United States Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, for receiving the French Legion of Honor.

Bill: 113-hres-752
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2014-11-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Congressional tributes

Europe

France

Germany

Military history
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: Congratulates Marcel Closset for receiving the French Legion of Honor.

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 752 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2014 Mr. O’Rourke submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Congratulating Marcel Closset, a French citizen and former member of the French Resistance who was instrumental in saving a United States Army Air Corps pilot during World War II, for receiving the French Legion of Honor.

Whereas, on September 27, 2014, Marcel Closset, a French citizen and former member of the French Resistance, received the French Legion of Honor in the rank of Knight; Whereas the French Legion of Honor was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to recognize the accomplishments of military personnel and civilians for their service to France; Whereas the French Legion of Honor is the highest-ranking order and decoration given in France; Whereas, on July 17, 2014, the President of France nominated Marcel Closset for the French Legion of Honor to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of France during World War II; Whereas Marcel Closset is the current president of L’Amicale des Anciens du maquis de Mazinghien, an association that works to preserve the memory of the members of the French Resistance who fought for the liberation of Mazinghien, France, in 1944; and Whereas Marcel Closset was one of four people who risked their lives to rescue and hide Eliot Shapleigh, Sr., a United States Army Air Corps pilot from El Paso, Texas, who was forced to parachute from his crippled P–51 Mustang into Nazi-occupied France in 1944: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives congratulates Marcel Closset for receiving the French Legion of Honor.