The President of the Lebanese Republic Bechara el-Khoury handing over the Lebanese flag to Major General Fouad Chehab on the 17th of June 1944
On the 17th of June 1944 and as part of the protocol signed between the Lebanese government and the French authority on the 15th of June of the same year stipulating that Lebanese Snipers Regiments reinforced by an armored vehicles detachment will be placed at the orders of the government, Beirut Municipality Stadium hosted a military parade attended by the President of the Republic , the ministers and General Pinet along with his war staff where Major General Fouad Chehab received the Lebanese flag from the President.
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