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    RobG

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    1. Hello everyone! Thanks again for the additional insight and information. I personally just learned of my great uncle, so I can't clarify any of the information. I'll chat with my aunt about the additional comments and hopefully clear up the confusion.
    2. My aunt shared some more information with me. First, his name is Henri Victor Jouve and he was stationed in Lang Son, North Vietnam circa 1942. It was a strategic point against the Japanese. Before it fell to the Japanese in 1944, he was in a battle where his best friend was injured by a machined gun. He went back to save his friend and was shot by a machine gun in the abdomen in the process. Lang Son fell to the Japanese and the entire unit was taken prisoner. From what I understand, he was kept in a hospital in Hanoi - L'HÔPITAL LANESSAN He was released as a prisoner after Hiroshima and transferred to a French hospital in Saigon (Grall) for surgery. Then around 1946 he was sent back home to France were he obtained multiple surgeries. But they were not successful as he passed away soon after from blood loss. The image I shared above was from his stay in the hospital in France. He wanted a picture taken and sent to his wife before he passed away, which is the reason for the non-standard shirt and tie. The medals were awarded to him just prior to his death and were worn on his uniform as seen. She shared a few more pictures of him with the friend he saved, who sadly also passed away. She also wanted me to thank all of you for sharing your knowledge. It has been a great relief to her to learn about the medals and hear confirmation on what little she knew about her father. Thank you all.
    3. I'm going to send a link of this thread to my aunt, as this is actually her father and my great uncle. She might be able to better answer some of the questions about him and his uniform.
    4. Wow thanks again! I had no idea the colors would be different.
    5. Hi Chris! Hmm, I was guessing they would be gold? Hmm, I guess I also assumed the uniform itself was brown.
    6. Thank you so much for your help and sharing your knowledge. I know my aunt will be happy to see the image colorized, and my OCD will be happy that all of the colors are correct :)
    7. Hello I'm trying to colorize an image of my uncle who was in the French Foreign Legion circa 1950s and served in the Indochina area. I have an old photo and need help identifying the ribbon colors. The first one might be the Croix de Guerre with a (gold?) star but the contrast doesn't seem right. The second one I think is the medal for military wounded And I have no idea about the third. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
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