80th anniversary of May 8, 1945: who is Jean Daikhowski, awarded the Legion of Honor by Emmanuel Macron?
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May 8 commemorations on the Champs-Élysées, Place de l'Etoile in Paris, attended by President Emmanuel Macron and his government. Paris, May 8, 2019. DENIS MEYER / Hans Lucas via AFP
At the ceremony scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the Arc de Triomphe, 98-year-old Jean Daikhowski will receive the Legion of Honor. He served in the Resistance from the age of 15 to 17 as a liaison officer, and is the youngest of a family who fought to liberate France from the Nazi yoke.
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