<A HREF="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/WDBJ-7/script_archives/98/1298/121498/121498.a.htm">WDBJ 7 morning news AM cutins for 12/14/98</A> Found this on the internet from Roanoke, Virginia News in 1998: [7E-War-Hero] [ANCHOR=Melanie] [NEWSCAST=cutins] [WRITER=ame] [TAPE#=98-72; 1:03:18] [GRAPHIC=none] A World War I hero from Roanoke got top honors from the French government yesterday. (------------) [VO-NAT] [SUPER=03-Roanoke] At 102 years old, Hayden Via (VY) is one of less than 16-hundred World War I veterans still living. Yesterday, French officials gave him that country's highest award--the Chevalier (chava-lie-ay) of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. (/////SOT/////) [SOT] [IN Q=I'm a very ] ((I AM A VERY PROUD MAN)) [SUPER=07-Haden Via; QUICK!!!!] [RUNS=:04] [OUT Q=proud man.] The award was created by Napoleon Bonaparte. Via (VY) received the award at a ceremony at the Salem Civic Center. (/////SOT/////) [SOT] [IN Q=We are so] ((We are so proud and just very happy for him.)) [SUPER=01-Ruby Via Harlow/Daughter] [RUNS=:06] [OUT Q= happy for him] (------------) [VO-NAT] Via (VY) was also given a key to the city by Roanoke councilman Jim Trout. The war hero now joins the ranks of Dwight Eisenhower, Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell -- all past winners of the French medal. (------------) Edna Barney Pohick Hills, Virginia <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/neddybarney/">my homepage</A> ednabarney.com <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">email me</A>