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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Chef de Battalion

    Batallion:

    83d Engineer Battalion

    Division:

    3d Algerian Infantry Division, French Army

    Action Date:

    June 1, 1944 & August 15, 1944

    Headquarters, SEVENTH U.S. Army, General Orders No. 62 (February 23, 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Chef de Battalion Jacques Edmond Armand Colin, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Headquarters, 83d Engineer Battalion, 3d Algerian Infantry Division, French Army, in action against enemy forces at Sienna, Italy and on 1 June 1944, and at Toulon and Marseilles France, on 15 August 1944. Chef de Battalion Colin’s outstanding accomplishments, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the Armed Forces of the Allied Nations.