Marine Corps pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross, 52 years after the fact
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz and Carl Prine  
The thing is, retired Marine Lt. Col. John “Jack†Jennings didn’t even really want the Distinguished Flying Cross, one of America’s highest battlefield honors, and he certainly didn’t push to get it pinned on.
But there he stood at a special ceremony July 27 at Naval Support Activity Mid-South’s Marine detachment in Millington, Tennessee. His longtime pal, retired Marine Col. Haywood Smith, presented it to the 88-year-old for his extraordinary heroism in the skies of Laos 52 years ago.
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