Santini. She turned 100 on 21 April 2022. Decorations French Grand-croix of the Legion of Honour (19 December 1999); previously Chevalier on 25 February 1953 Grand-croix of the Ordre National du Mérite in 1987, the first woman to receive this distinction. Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with 7 citations. Croix de Guerre des Théâtres d'opérations extérieures Médaille de la Valeur Militaire Médaille commémorative d'Indochine, Médaille de l'Aéronautique Médaille du Combattant Volontaire (1944), Médaille de Vermeil du service de santé. Grande Médaille d'or du l'Aéro-club de France Foreign decorations Legion of Merit (USA), National Order of Vietnam Cross of Valour (Canada) References https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/08/10/83798288.html?pageNumber=4 External links A brief article on the Website of l'INA A brief profile on the French Ministry of Defense Website French generals Female army generals French Resistance members 1922 births French centenarians Military personnel from Strasbourg Army aviation personnel Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures Recipients of the Cross for Military Valour Recipients of the Aeronautical Medal Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the National Order of Vietnam Living people Helicopter pilots French aviators French women aviators Physicians from Strasbourg French memoirists French women memoirists 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers French military personnel of the First Indochina War Women centenarians https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/08/10/83798288.html?pageNumber=4