Question: In which year did the French President, who decorated René Cheruy with the Cross of the French Legion of Honor, resign ?

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (] ; 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman.  He was the leader of Free France (1940–44) and the head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–46).  In 1958, he founded the Fifth Republic and was elected as the President of France, a position he held until his resignation in 1969.  He was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era and his memory continues to influence French politics. <SEP> Bahij al-Khatib (Arabic: بهيج الخطيب‎ ‎ ) (1895–1981) was a French-appointed Syrian Head of State from July 10, 1939 to September 16, 1941.  He was staunchly loyal to the continued French administration of Syria and opposed all aspirations for independence.  Al-Khatib was educated in Mount Lebanon and was an oil merchant in Beirut before entering politics.  He began his political career when he joined the civil service in Damascus after France imposed its League of Nations mandate over Syria and Lebanon in July 1920.  Due to his loyalty to the French administration, he rose to be Director of Police and Public Security, and lead a campaign of intimidation and harassment of nationalist leaders and organizations.  When the Nationalist Hashim al-Atassi, the first president of the newly declared Syrian Republic, resigned in protest over continued French prevarication against full independence, al-Khatib was appointed in his stead by the French authorities.  Due to his extreme unpopularity, he was eventually asked to resign by French president Charles de Gaulle in 1941. <SEP> René Cheruy (1880-1965) was a soldier, educator and artist who served as a secretary to French sculptor Auguste Rodin, was a professor of French language and literature, was decorated by the French and British governments receiving the Croix de Guerre and the British Silver Military Medal for bravery in the field and was decorated with the Cross of the French Legion of Honor by French President Charles de Gaulle for his service to the French government during and after World War I.  He was married to costume designer, artist and educator Germaine Cheruy and lived in the Art Colony of old Fort Lowell. <SEP> To Hell and Back is Audie Murphy's 1949 World War II memoir, detailing the events that led him to receive the Medal of Honor and also to become one of the most decorated foot-soldiers of the war.  Although only Murphy's name appears on the book cover, it was in fact a collaboration with writer David "Spec" McClure.  After securing a publishing contract in 1947, Murphy and McClure worked on the book through 1948 in Murphy's Hollywood apartment.  Murphy did write some of the prose himself, but most of it was in "as told to" style, with the writing left to McClure.  They traveled to France in 1948 where Murphy was presented with the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with Palm from the French government.  While in France, Murphy received permission to visit the battle sites.  The two men retraced 1,500 miles of battlefield as Murphy related details of the events to McClure.