Americans, Briton receive France's highest honor for 'train attack' bravery - Two days after they subdued a gunman aboard a high-speed train, American friends Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone got the Legion of Honor -- France's highest recognition. Fellow British passenger Chris Norman, who helped tackle the gunman, also got the award during the ceremony at Elysee Palace.

On Friday afternoon, the trio wrestled an AK-47-toting gunman to the floor after he allegedly opened fire on a train from Amsterdam to Paris. The gunman also had a Luger handgun and a box cutter, which he used to slash Stone's head and slice his hand, nearly severing his thumb.

The assailant has been identified as Ayoub El Khazzani, a 25-year old Moroccan citizen who is reportedly on security watch lists in 4 European countries for his alleged links to radical Islamic groups.

3 other train passengers - a 28-year old Frenchman who first confronted El Khazzani when he came out of the washroom waving his weapons, a 51-year old French-American who was shot in the throat, and an off-duty train driver who helped subdue the assailant - will also receive the Legion d'Honneur.

Stone, a U.S. airman from Carmichael, Calif., and Skarlatos ran down the length of the train and tackled the gunman. Stone locked him in a chokehold while Skarlatos snatched his gun away.

Stone worked as a medical technician in pediatrics and with expectant mothers, suffered cuts to his arm, hand and the back of the head. He underwent surgery to reattach his thumb and was released from the hospital on Saturday evening.

Skarlatos, who is from Roseburg, Ore., returned from Afghanistan in June and reenlisted as a rifleman in the National Guard. Sadler is a senior at Cal State Sacramento and was visiting Europe for the first time.