- SURNAME
Arnault
- FORENAME
Claude / Georges
- UNIT
OSS attached F Section SOE
- RANK
Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Medaille de la Resistance Francaise , Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Service Cross (USA)
- PLACE
France
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from U.S.A.
born 29.11.1925, Haiphong, French Indochina
codename Neron
Wheelwright Circuit (assistant)
died 15.08.1986
CITATION:
Distinguished Service Cross : 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 Lieutenant Claude G. Arnault, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while attached to the United States Office of Strategic Services, European Theater of Operations, in action against enemy forces on 8 April 1944, in France. Lieutenant Arnault distinguished himself by his exceptional coolness, ingenuity and brilliant performance of duty. Asked to sabotage the Eapalet Powder Factory at Toulouse, France, he worked for an hour in the heavily guarded factory building, setting his demolition charges on the irreplaceable American motors and on other key points of the powder mixing machinery. Despite the fact that the first time the fuses set off its charge before he was ready to leave, he succeeded in escaping from the guards. Lieutenant Arnault's bold and unselfish devotion to duty, contributed immeasurably to the success of military operations in Southern France, reflecting the highest credit upon him and the Allied Armed Forces.
WEB LINKS:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9486513 (SOE File)http://www.libreresistance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/La-Resistance-Landaise.pdf
http://museedelaresistanceenligne.org/media8609-iDistinguished-service-cross-i-USA
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/23004
https://www.resistancelandaise.org/les-parachutages
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