French Legion of Honor awarded to Major Clarence E. Grimes
Major Clarence E. Grimes was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier, France's most important medal of valor on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes, sizes up a group of Fairchild officers as they congratulate him before the award ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes, tells Fairchild officers about his career flying for the Army Air Corps before Grimes was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes is escorted into an award ceremony where he was presented with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes, center, listens during an award ceremony where he was presented with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Military members and family of Major Clarence E. Grimes, fill up all available seating for an award ceremony where Grimes was presented with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Col. Brian Newberry, commander of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild speaks about Major Clarence E. Grimes, during an award ceremony where an honorary consul to France presented Grimes with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes, laughs with Jack Cowan, Seattle’s honorary consul to France before Cowan presented Grimes with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Jack Cowan, Seattle’s honorary consul to France presents Major Clarence E. Grimes the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Fairchild personel gather around Major Clarence E. Grimes after he was presented the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Major Clarence E. Grimes, USAF Retired is congratulated by Jack Cowan, Seattle’s honorary consul to France, after an award ceremony where Cowan presented Grimes with the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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Mitchell Smith, 23, of Spokane, a nephew of Major Clarence E. Grimes, pauses by a KC-135 Stratotanker after a ceremony where his uncle was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at Fairchild Air Force Base.
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