   After leading the Eighth Army to defeat the Italians in Sicily, General Montgomery was made Commander of Legion of Honor Merit, which he received from General Eisenhower; August 6, 1943. 
   This is the highest order which the United States can bestow on a soldier of another nation. 


One of the highest decoration

Men of the 6th Inniskillings, 38th Irish Brigade, British 8th Army, searching houses during mopping up operations in the village of Centuripe, central part of Sicily, August 1943.  

House to house search

Royal Air Force pilots of the 198th squadron stand prepared for a combat mission at their Hawker Typhoon aircraft at an airfield in southern England; 1944. The plane was a  single-seat fighter-bomber, medium–high altitude interceptor, and ground-attack aircraft.  