MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: VE DAY & THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN:” HERE IS TO YOU, GEN. PAUL DASSAULT, Mr. LAURENT DASSAULT & THE AMERICAN LEGION! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA

Paris, France, Saturday, January 23, 1949: The “Flambeau de la Reconnaissance,” the VERY FIRST “Torch of Gratitude” to travel from France to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, U. S. A. was solemnly kindled from the Eternal Flame of the Unknown...