Lieutenant General John S. Hardy

Lieutenant General John S. Hardy has died. Hardy was honored as a Louisiana Legend by Friends of LPB in 2008. Born in Logansport, La., Lieutenant General John S. Hardy served as chief of operations for the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean during World War II. He participated in the planning for air offensives against Southern Europe, the Balkans and the Allied landings in Southern France in 1944. Hardy was appointed as commander, Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in 1966. He later served as Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, the highest level of the nation's military educational system, at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC. His military decorations include both Army and Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, Royal Hellenic Order of King George I, among others.