New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Thomas Owens (left), the Deputy Adjutant General for Air; French representative Col Frederic Vigneron; and Col. Mauren Murphy, Chief of Staff of the New York Air National Guard pose with former United States Army Air Forces Capt. Harold Smith, age 98, at the Garden Care Health Facility in Franklin Square, on June 6, 2016. Vigneron presented Smith with the French Legion of Honor in recognition of the war the one-time B-24 and B-29 navigator played in Liberating France from German occupation during World War II. Smith, who flew 30 missions during Worl
New York Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Thomas Owens (left), the Deputy Adjutant General for Air; French representative Col Frederic Vigneron; and Col. Mauren Murphy, Chief of Staff of the New York Air National Guard pose with former United States Army Air Forces Capt. Harold Smith, age 98, at the Garden Care Health Facility in Franklin Square, on June 6, 2016. Vigneron presented Smith with the French Legion of Honor in recognition of the war the one-time B-24 and B-29 navigator played in Liberating France from German occupation during World War II. Smith, who flew 30 missions during World War II, flew a misson on June 6, 1944 as Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches. Owens and Murphy were present at the award ceremony to honor Smith. (Photo Courtesy Col. Maureen Murphy)
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