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By JIM THOMPSON | The Destin Log, Fla. | Published: February 26, 2021 SHALIMAR, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor, whose distinguished military career included commanding the 1970 training of a task force to liberate American prisoners of war far inside enemy lines in Vietnam, died Thursday at the age of 100. According to the Son Tay Raid Association, a nonprofit organization that commemorates the raid on the prison camp near Hanoi, Manor died peacefully i...

Air Force General, Known for Leadership in Son Tay Raid, Dies at 100 FILE -- In this June 1, 2016 file photo, retired Lt. Gen. LeRoy J. Manor tells of his experiences while serving in WWII and the Vietnam War, during the Air Command and Staff College’s 2016 Gathering of Eagles event at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Manor commanded the Joint Contingency Task Group Task Group that conducted Operation Ivory COAST and KINGPIN, the special operations raid to free prisoners of war from North Vie...

SHALIMAR — Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor, whose distinguished military career included commanding the 1970 training of a task force to liberate American prisoners of war far inside enemy lines in Vietnam, died Thursday at the age of 100. According to the Son Tay Raid Association, a nonprofit organization that commemorates the raid on the prison camp near Hanoi, Manor died peacefully in his home in Shalimar. Funeral arrangements are pending, according to the associations Facebook ...