It was also awarded the Belgian Fourragère after being cited three times in the Belgian Army Order of the Day for operations contributing to the liberation of the Belgian people.
French Fourragère in the colors of the Croix de Guerre, World War II
Graves B. Erskine, then platoon leader in the 6th Marine Regiment, was authorized to wear the fourragère as an individual decoration.
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It then continues along avenue de la Fourragère, avenue des Caillols, avenue de la Figonne, traverse de Courtrai, traverse du Fort-Fouque, avenue du 24-avril-1915, rue Pierre-Béranger, traverse des Massaliottes, chemin des Sables, rue de Charleroi, boulevard des Fauvettes, boulevard Pinatel, chemin des Amaryllis and finally rue Charles-Kaddouz until it meets the 13th municipal arrondissement.
On 19 March 1918, the escadrille earned the fourragere of the Croix de guerre by being cited again, for downing another 23 enemy airplanes.
This second citation entitled the unit's members to the fourragere of the Croix de guerre.
The second citation entitled the unit to wear a fourragere denoting a unit award of the Croix de guerre; Escadrille N 67 was the first aerial unit to win this award.
This second citation entitled members of the unit to wear the fourragere of the Croix de guerre.
For his bravery in the battlefield near the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Major Leonard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart French Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre with Palm and French Fourragère.
After moving across the English Channel to France in August 1944, the 125th Liaison Squadron was attached to the U.S. Ninth Army until V-E Day, participating in the campaigns of northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe, and was awarded the Belgian Fourragère for gallantry during the Battle of the Bulge in July 1945.