Bullard received 14 decorations and medals from the government of France. In 1954, the French government invited Bullard to Paris to be one of the three men chosen to rekindle the everlasting flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe. In 1959, he was made a "Chevalier" (Knight) of the "Légion d'honneur" by General Charles de Gaulle, who called Bullard a ""véritable héros français"" ("true French hero"). He also was awarded the Médaille militaire, another high military distinction.