,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #geb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #ab1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,o',rourke submitted the following
 resolution2 which was referred to the  
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,congratulating ,marcel   
,closset1 a ,french citizen and former  
member of the ,french ,resistance who   
was instrumental in saving a ,united    
,states ,army ,air ,corps pilot during  
,world ,war ,,ii1 for receiving the     
,french ,legion of ,honor4  ,whereas1 on
 ,september #bg1 #bjad1 ,marcel         
,closset1 a ,french citizen and former  
member of the ,french ,resistance1      
received the ,french ,legion of ,honor  
in the rank of ,knight2 ,whereas the    
,french ,legion of ,honor was created by
 ,napoleon ,bonaparte in #ahjb to       
recognize the accomplishments of        
military personnel and civilians for    
their service to ,france2 ,whereas the  
,french ,legion of ,honor is the        
highest-ranking order and decoration    

given in ,france2 ,whereas1 on ,july    
#ag1 #bjad1 the ,president of ,france   
nominated ,marcel ,closset for the      
,french ,legion of ,honor to commemorate
 the #gjth anniversary of the liberation
 of ,france during ,world ,war ,,ii2    
,whereas ,marcel ,closset is the current
 president of ,l',amicale des ,anciens  
du maquis de ,mazinghien1 an association
 that works to preserve the memory of   
the members of the ,french ,resistance  
who fought for the liberation of        
,mazinghien1 ,france1 in #aidd2 and     
,whereas ,marcel ,closset was one of    
four people who risked their lives to   
rescue and hide ,eliot ,shapleigh1 ,sr41
 a ,united ,states ,army ,air ,corps    
pilot from ,el ,paso1 ,texas1 who was   
forced to parachute from his crippled   
,p-#ea ,mustang into ,nazi-occupied     
,france in #aidd3 ,now1 therefore1 be it
  ,that the ,house of ,representatives  
congratulates ,marcel ,closset for      
receiving the ,french ,legion of ,honor4