El Mudo
07-08-2009, 05:50 AM
Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8139909.stm)
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.
In fact Mr Manoian served with the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, which operated well behind the front line.
He spent most of the war looking after a supply dump in northern France after arriving on Utah beach by supply ship.
The last case I can remember of this happening was that guy who managed the Blue Jays who made up all the stuff about him being in Vietnam.
I guess I just don't understand the need people have to feel "important" and attach themselves to events that are/were bigger than they are.
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.
In fact Mr Manoian served with the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, which operated well behind the front line.
He spent most of the war looking after a supply dump in northern France after arriving on Utah beach by supply ship.
The last case I can remember of this happening was that guy who managed the Blue Jays who made up all the stuff about him being in Vietnam.
I guess I just don't understand the need people have to feel "important" and attach themselves to events that are/were bigger than they are.