Batavia Veteran Honored By France

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IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL
HONOR, 70 YEARS OVER DUE WITH
THE HIGHEST HONOR IN ALL OF
FRANCE WAS BESTOWED IN BATAVIA.
97-YEAR-OLD HOWARD WAS MADE
A KNIGHT IN THE FRENCH LEGION
OF HONOR.
THE VFW HALL IS USUALLY
ACCUSTOM TO A BINGO GAME.
TODAY WAS THE BACKDROP OF AN
INTERNATIONAL HONOR FROM
FRANCE.
97-YEAR-OLD HOWARD WAS PINNED
KISSED ON EACH CHEEK BY A
DIGNITARY AND MADE A KNIGHT IN
THE FRENCH HONOR.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THIS MAN.
I DON'T FEEL THAT I REALLY
DESERVE IT.
IN 1943 WITH WAR RANGING IN
EUROPE, HE WAS AMONG THE
AMERICANS WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR
THE ARMY AIR CORPS.
WITH THE 388th BOMB GROUP, A
NAVIGATOR FLEW 35 MISSIONS WITH
A B-17 HELPING THE ALLIED
FORCES PUSH BACK HITLER'S
ARMIES AND LIBERATE FRANCE IN
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
I HAD NO DOUBT I WAS GOING
TO LIVE THROUGH THE WHOLE
THING.
I WAS MAYBE, I WAS JUST YOUNG.
HE TOLD ME, I PASSED THAT
DRIVING TEST.
KAREN REDDING MET HIM WHEN
HE APPLIED FOR HIS LICENSE LAST
YEAR.
REDDING WHO WORKS AT THE
STATE'S VA DOCUMENTED THE
MISSIONS AND BRAVERY, PETITION
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND LAID
THE GROUND WORK FOR AN HONOR
LONG OVER DUE.
JUST IN MY NATURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS COURAGE.
AFTER MEETING HIM TODAY WE
CAN SAY COURAGE IS EXACTLY WHAT
IT WAS.
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS MADE
AN EFFORT TO HONOR AMERICAN
VETERANS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
THAT COUNTRY'S LIBERTY.
IT IS A GOOD COMPANY, OTHERS TO
RECEIVE THE HONOR THE COLIN
POWELL AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
I'M AMAZING TO MEET SOMEONE
WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD
WAR, JUST WHAT WE DID, WE'RE
NOT THAT SPECIAL.
SO HUMBLE ABOUT IT.
ALWAYS AMAZED BECAUSE THAT MADE
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Batavia Veteran Honored By France

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