Another fake “war hero”
Posted: 08 July 2009 04:43 AM   [ Ignore ]
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US veteran’s D-Day lies exposed


An American veteran who said he parachuted into Normandy as part of the D-Day landings in June 1944 has been exposed as a liar.

Howard Manoian, 84, had been awarded the prestigious French award the Legion d’honneur for bravery.

He claimed he had landed in Sainte-Mere-Eglise in France - the setting of a fierce battle immortalised in the John Wayne film The Longest Day.

But his military records reveal he spent the war behind the front line.


More here at the BBC

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Posted: 08 July 2009 05:33 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Well, there’s still time to drop him onto Sainte-Mere-Eglise and shoot at him.

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Posted: 08 July 2009 04:40 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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These days they would probably bombard him with baguettes and brie.

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