Evening Edition: Air Force Veteran Discovers The French Have Honored His WW2 Hero Uncle For Decades

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Air Force veteran John Lindsley, of Biloxi, Mississippi, was doing a random search of relatives on the internet when he discovered his uncle was a very special World War II hero. And he also found out a small French town, that residents say his uncle saved them from the Nazis, has been honoring him for decades. FOX's Ryan Schmelz speaks with Air Force Veteran John Lindsley and his wife Vicky about discovering the heroic acts of their family member and the reverence a faming town in France still shows him. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Emily Campagno, host of The Fox True Crime Podcast.
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0:30.0	I'm Ryan Schmelz, a World War II pilot's actions overseas made him a hero in France.
0:36.0	But for decades, those who've honored him year after year haven't been able to say thank
0:40.6	you to his family.
0:42.2	Until now.
0:43.2	They have always praised him.
0:44.8	They knew who he was a pilot, they knew who they saved the town, passed on generations
0:49.4	of them knowing there was American pilot.
0:52.6	This is The Fox News rundown, Evening Edition.
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1:30.1	Air Force veteran John Linsley has always been proud of his uncle Billy Vincent service
1:36.6	during World War II.
1:38.4	Vincent was shot down after successfully stopping a German convoys heavy machinery from
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