tonne Charles De Gaulle that can carry 1,900 sailors and 35 planes. Minister of Defence Michele Alliot-Marie earlier on Sunday decorated 32 war veterans with the Legion of Honour. In a speech she stressed "the duty to remember, to pass on the message to the young, the gratitude that we owe to those who came to die on our soil and who have took part with their lives at stake to liberate the country". The ceremonies started on Saturday when France honoured British and U.S. soldiers who participated in Operation Dragoon. --SP 2210 Local Time 1910 GMT