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For more than six decades, Howard Manoian revelled in his heroic reputation as one of the legendary ‘Screaming Eagles’ who landed in Nazi-occupied France on D-Day.The World War Two U.S paratrooper said he was wounded in action twice after initially coming down on Sainte-Mère-Eglise – scene of the ferocious battle on June 6th 1944 depicted in the epic film ‘The Longest Day’, starring John Wayne.But after 84-year-old Mr Manoian came to receive yet another decoration at last month’s 65th anniversary of the Normandy landings – this time the Legion d'Honneur, France’s highest award for bravery – his true war record was finally made public and he was exposed as a fraud.Rather than storming across Europe and taking part in some of the most famous actions in military history, the self-styled American hero in fact spent most of the war minding a supply dump in northern France after arriving on to Utah Beach by supply ship.Instead of the fabled 82nd Airborne Division, as Mr Manoian claimed, his unit was the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company, a far less prestigious outfit which always operated well behind the front line.Manoian’s war wounds were also non existent, although he did suffer a broken middle finger while on standby in England, and then heavy bruising to another hand. He had always told admirers that he had been hit by German machine gun bullets in the left hand and both legs during a fierce fire fight on June 17th 1944, and then again by a Nazi Messerschmitt which strafed the field hospital where he was recovering.The incredible deceit finally came to light thanks to military records including Army payroll documents obtained by the Boston Herald Tribune in American military archives. ...
