Editing Jacques Cousteau (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:JFKWHP-KN-C17578.jpg|thumb|150px|President Kennedy awards the National Geographic Society's Gold Medal to Jacques Cousteau, 1961]]
During his lifetime, Jacques-Yves Cousteau received these distinctions:
* [[Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (France)|Cross of War 1939–1945]] (1945)
* [[National Geographic Society]]'s Special Gold Medal in 1961<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/06/jacques-cousteau-would-be-hear.html |date=11 June 2010 |author=Jean-Michel Cousteau |title=Jacques Cousteau "would be heartbroken" at our seas today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614064316/http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/06/jacques-cousteau-would-be-hear.html |archive-date=14 June 2010 |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref>
* Commander of the [[Légion d'Honneur|Legion of Honour]] (1972)
* [[BAFTA Fellowship]] (1975)
* Officer of the [[Ordre du Mérite Maritime|Order of Maritime Merit]] (1980)
* Grand Cross of the [[Ordre national du Mérite|National Order of Merit]] (1985)
* U.S. [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (1985)
* Induction into the [[Television Hall of Fame]] (1987)
* Elected to the [[Académie Française]] (1988)
* Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]]
* Honorary Companion of the [[Order of Australia]] (26 January 1990)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878276 |title=It's an Honour – Honours – Search Australian Honours |publisher=Itsanhonour.gov.au |date=26 January 1990 |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325034615/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/878276 |url-status=live }}</ref>