US Army Private Ray Tweedel was awarded the French National Legion of Honor Medal for his participation in Operation Overlord. He landed on Utah Beach with the second wave of allied forces at Normandy on the evening of 7 June 1944. The medal presented by the French Consulate Saturday in Orange at the VFW Hall Post 2775. Tweedel is now 99 and was 19 years old when his boots touched French soil.
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