« June 19, 1943 Colonel Chauvin informed me that he would like to confer upon me and two other officers designated by me, who had served with me in the Tunisian Campaign, an honorary membership in the 2e Regiment de Marche de Tirailleurs Algeriens, together with the regiment's Fourragere of the Legion of Honor. I named General Bradley and General Gaffey... The French Color Guard consisted of Lieutenant Biard, who carried the flag, and four tirailleurs. Each of these four men was decorated with the Military Medal, which is the highest award a French soldier can receive, it being restricted to enlisted men and army commanders. The Lieutenant had the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, and the Croix de Guerre with a number of palms. The officers in the French company were all Frenchmen. The men were all Berbers and were extremely fine-looking. It is always amazing to note the difference between a Berber dressed in his normal costume of a bathrobe and a Berber dressed in uniform. Their appearance changes for the better. », George Patton, War as I Knew it, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947, pp. 50-51. Lire en ligne..
