Online, she found a 2011 article from the Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester describing Mann's being named a knight of the FrenchLegionofHonor, a gesture bestowed by the French government to thank the veterans who helped liberate France.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner awarded him the LegionofHonor in 2008, on a visit to Poland marking the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.