Editing Jean-Claude Pascal (section)

==Early life==
He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, Arlette Lemoine, was the great-granddaughter of English fashion designer [[Charles Frederick Worth]]. His father, Roger Villeminot, died the year of his birth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pointdevue.fr/histoire/grands-destins/charles-frederick-worth-le-pere-de-la-haute-couture|title=Charles Frederick Worth, le "père de la haute couture"|work=Jean-Claude Pascal, Portrait|date=25 December 2017|access-date=23 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref>

He began his secondary education in 1938 at the Collège Annel, in [[Compiègne]], and concluded it at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. In 1944, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the [[2nd Armored Division (France)|2nd Armored Division]] of [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque|General Leclerc]]. He was the first French soldier to enter [[Strasbourg]] in November 1944, while the [[German Army (1935–1945)|German Army]] was still in the process of evacuating the city. For this, he received the ''[[Croix de Guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]]'' in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hexagonegay.com/Jean-Claude_Pascal.html|title=Charles Frederick Worth, le "père de la haute couture"|work=Point de Vue|first=François|last=Billaut|date=2020|access-date=23 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref>