Ernest Thorne, who was a driver in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, landed on Juno Beach in France in 1944, alongside Canadian forces.
He later saw action in Caen where he worked to recover and rescue stranded vehicles and return them for repairs.
On Monday, during a ceremony in the Le Capelain Gallery at the Town Hall, David Myatt, honorary consul for France, presented Mr Thorne with the cross of the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur on behalf of the French government, in front of members of the veteran’s family.
The 94-year-old St Saviour resident said he felt proud and honoured to have received the award.
‘I got on a merchant ship in the UK which took us out to landing craft where we got into tow trucks and drove onto the beach.
‘We just went off and followed orders,’ he said.
‘I was there for a couple of months before I had an accident and broke my arm and had to go back to the UK.
‘After that I was sent to Palestine which was a bit more hairy than Normandy. You did not know where the enemy was and you would get shot at from behind the corners of buildings.’
The Lieutenant-Governor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, and Lady Dalton, Bailiff Sir William Bailhache, Lady Bailhache and St Helier Procureur du Bien Public Peter Pearce also attended the ceremony.
