The D-Day Fraudster ; for 60 Years, Howard Manoian Gloried in His Role As a Daredevil Hero, Wounded Parachuting Into Normandy. He Won France's Top Bravery Honour. Now It Emerges He Only Broke a Finger in the War and Was Never Even On the Front Line [Edition 3]

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HOWARD Manoian was a local hero in the Normandy village that he had retired to - feted for his tales of sacrifice in liberating France from the Nazis.

The American was happy to tell how he was wounded in action twice after parachuting into nearby Sainte-Mere-Eglise on D-Day in the fierce battle later depicted in John Wayne's film The Longest Day.

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The D-Day Fraudster ; for 60 Years, Howard Manoian Gloried in His Role As a Daredevil Hero, Wounded Parachuting Into Normandy. He Won France's Top Bravery Honour. Now It Emerges He Only Broke a Finger in the War and Was Never Even On the Front Line [Edition 3]

Numerous admirers heard how he was shot in the hand and legs by a German machine gun during a fire fight and then again by a Messerschmitt which strafed the field hospital where he was recovering.

In his new ...

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