{{cquote|[[Hitler]] didn’t snub me; it was our president [[FDR]] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send a telegram.}}
{{cquote|[[Hitler]] didn’t snub me; it was our president [[FDR]] who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send a telegram.}}
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Owens also "soon became a favorite of Republican president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]."<ref name=gentry/> Later at his life in 1976, President [[Gerald R. Ford]] awarded him the highest honor an American civilian can receive, the Medal of Freedom.
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Owens also "soon became a favorite of Republican president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]."<ref name=gentry/> Later at his life in 1976, President [[Gerald Ford]] awarded him the highest honor an American civilian can receive, the Medal of Freedom.