THE LOUISIANA CROSS OF MERIT

18 June 2003

  In a ceremony held in the Eckelmann Hangar the members of the 122nd Bomb Squadron Restoration Unit were cited with The Louisiana Cross of Merit by Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, State Adjutant General.

  The Louisiana Cross of Merit is awarded by the Adjutant General upon recommendation of the awards board to any person who served honorably in the Louisiana National Guard while in State service and who during this period of honorable service distinguished himself by exceptional heroism, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service. The performance must be such as to merit recognition of the individual's service which is clearly exceptional. The required achievement of service while of lesser degree than that required for award of the Distinguished Service Medal, must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.




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