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Medal of Freedom

The American Medal of Freedom is considered to be the civilian equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor. It was instituted to honour civilians who made a specially meritious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, the world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavours.
It was instituted in 1945 by President Truman to honour those civilians that contributed to the US efforts in World War Two

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Taillandier, Marcel* March 25th, 1911
† July 11th, 1944

Tronstad, Leif Hans Larsen* March 27th, 1903
† March 11th, 1945

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