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Order of Leopold: A Medal of High Honor from Belgium

Season 9 Episode 10

How did John Goularte, Sr. earn this prestigious medal from the Belgian government?

John Goularte, Jr. found an ornate medal in his father's things after his father died, along with a photograph of his father at an award ceremony in 1951 with a caption explaining the Belgian government bestowed upon him the "Order of Leopold." Goularte asks HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwen Wright to find out how his father earned such a prestigious medal from the Belgian government.

AIR DATE 9/19/11

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