Awards and Honors
Ortiz's decorations included two Navy Crosses, the Legion of Merit, the Order of the British Empire, and five Croix de Guerre. He also was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French.
In August 1994, Centron, France held a ceremony in which the town center was renamed "Place Colonel Peter Ortiz".
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