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CROSS OF LORRAINE CARRIED BY TROOPS CARDINAL AND CATHOLICS '■United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 6. 3.15 p.m.) LONDON. August 5 After Cardinal Hinsley’s decision to give every Roman Catholic on active service and defence workers a blessed cross, General de Gaulle announced that his forces would carry the Cross of Lorraine in addition to the Tricolour. One of General de Gaulle’s colleagues explained that the Cross of Lorraine has dual significance, because it is the emblem of Joan of Arc’s fight to liberate France and a reminder that the province of Lorraine, which was freed in 1918, is now under the German yoke,
All ships and planes carrying French crews bear the Cross.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 6
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