Douglas Pierpont

Douglas Gilles Henrik Pierpont (born 1922) is a Brunanter war veteran and the most decorated soldier in the country.

Biography
Pierpont was born to Louis Pierpont of France (d. 1938) and Henriette van der Art in Roodstad. His parents were Marxists (supporters of Dolmatoff's Communist Front) and he too was a communist. Pierpont joined the Royal Guard in 1940 and first saw action during the German Invasion of Brunant; at the Battle of Koningstad, he killed over 15 Nazi soldiers and saved the lives of three wounded comrades, risking his own life in the process and sustaining wounds. For these actions he would be awarded the Medaille d'Honneur en Guerre (in 1946). Joining the resistance movement during the occupation of Brunant, he helped lead 32 Jews, Communists and Blacks to safety and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Resistance Cross (1949). In 1942 he left for Russia to fight with the Soviet Army. There he would earn several medals for participating in various campaigns. In 1944 he participated in the liberation of Brunant. Pierpont was instrumental in an attack against a German armored unit that destroyed or disabled all the vehicles.

Pierpont's awards include the Medaille d'Honneur, the War Cross, 3 Distinguished Service Orders, the Defense of Brunant Medal, the Resistance Cross and the 1945 War Medal. As the most decorated man in Brunant, he was known for wearing over 20 medals, mostly Brunanter, plus a few Soviet and commemorative ones.

After the war, Pierpont returned to Roodstad and received a hero's welcome. He was elected mayor in 1956 and he would be re-elected in 1960, 1964 and 1968, serving until 1972.