Pownal veteran gets France’s highest honor

Wallace Mattison holds the Legion of Honor award he was awarded Wednesday at the Vermont Veterans Home. Photo by Holly Pelcznski/Bennington Banner(This story by David LaChance was published in the Bennington Banner on Nov. 22, 2017.)
POWNAL — Wallace Mattison doesn’t consider his contribution to the Allied cause in World War II to have been anything special.
Although he risked his life for the liberation of Europe and was wounded by a German bullet that barely missed his spine, &ldqu