En France, la plus haute distinction accord\u00e9e est la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur. Parmi les r\u00e9cipiendaires, on peut citer, au hasard de recherche sur google (je vous invite \u00e0 v\u00e9rifier):<\/p>\n
Parce que la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur est attribu\u00e9e comme \u00e7a, sans distinction aucune \u00e0 part \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre c\u00e9l\u00e8bre\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre dans la haute fonction publique\u00a0\u00bb ou \u00ab\u00a0\u00eatre un PDG puissant\u00a0\u00bb, on doit m\u00eame limiter le nombre de r\u00e9cipiendaires.<\/a> Enfin, limiter, disons… maximum \u00e0 136.576 porteurs.<\/p>\n Aux Etats-Unis, la plus haute distinction est la Medal of Honor, la M\u00e9daille d’Honneur.\u00a0 Sa cr\u00e9ation remonte \u00e0 l’insurrection am\u00e9ricaine contre le roi d’Angleterre, par George Washington, donc \u00e0 quelques d\u00e9cennies pr\u00e8s au m\u00eame moment que la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur.\u00a0 Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 attribu\u00e9e \u00e0 3465 personnes, dont 618 \u00e0 titre posthume.\u00a0 Depuis 1973, elle l’a \u00e9t\u00e9 8 fois \u00e0 peine (et aucune pour la lib\u00e9ration de l’Iraq ni les op\u00e9rations en Afghanistan, pour des raisons politiques en partie). Parmi les r\u00e9cipiendaires, on trouve John Basilone (cf The Pacific, diffus\u00e9 en ce moment sur canal+), ou encore Stankey Bender:<\/p>\n For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 17 August 1944, near La Lande, France, he climbed on top of a knocked-out tank, in the face of withering machinegun fire which had halted the advance of his company, in an effort to locate the source of this fire. Although bullets ricocheted off the turret at his feet, he nevertheless remained standing upright in full view of the enemy for over 2 minutes. Locating the enemy machineguns on a knoll 200 yards away, he ordered 2 squads to cover him and led his men down an irrigation ditch, running a gauntlet of intense machinegun fire, which completely blanketed 50 yards of his advance and wounded 4 of his men. While the Germans hurled hand grenades at the ditch, he stood his ground until his squad caught up with him, then advanced alone, in a wide flanking approach, to the rear of the knoll. He walked deliberately a distance of 40 yards, without cover, in full view of the Germans and under a hail of both enemy and friendly fire, to the first machinegun and knocked it out with a single short burst. Then he made his way through the strong point, despite bursting hand grenades, toward the second machinegun, 25 yards distant, whose 2-man crew swung the machinegun around and fired two bursts at him, but he walked calmly through the fire and, reaching the edge of the emplacement, dispatched the crew. Signaling his men to rush the rifle pits, he then walked 35 yards further to kill an enemy rifleman and returned to lead his squad in the destruction of the 8 remaining Germans in the strong point. His audacity so inspired the remainder of the assault company that the men charged out of their positions, shouting and yelling, to overpower the enemy roadblock and sweep into town, knocking out 2 antitank guns, killing 37 Germans and capturing 26 others. He had sparked and led the assault company in an attack which overwhelmed the enemy, destroying a roadblock, taking a town, seizing intact 3 bridges over the Maravenne River, and capturing commanding terrain which dominated the area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Vous trouverez facilement une liste compl\u00e8te des r\u00e9cipiendaires de la Medal of Honor, et toutes les citations sont disponibles sur le site historique des forces arm\u00e9es US<\/a>.<\/p>\n En France on distribue les plus hautes distinctions comme des bonbons. On en a tellement donn\u00e9 qu’on ne sait plus trop \u00e0 qui, ni combien. La France est un pays sans honneur, et sans avenir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" En France, la plus haute distinction accord\u00e9e est la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur. Parmi les r\u00e9cipiendaires, on peut citer, au hasard de recherche sur google (je vous invite \u00e0 v\u00e9rifier): Daniela Lumbroso (parce qu’elle \u00e9tait en couverture de Voici ce jour l\u00e0…) …<\/p>\n