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Rdtf
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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:38 pm Post subject: Remains of 2 U.S. pilots returning from Vietnam war |
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Yahoo News Remains Returned
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| Quote: | Remains of 2 U.S. pilots returning from Vietnam war 1 hour, 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The remains of two U.S. Air Force officers from Texas, missing for 40 years since their bomber crashed in Laos during the Vietnam War, have been found and are being returned to their families for burial, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
Col. James Lewis of Marshall, Texas, and Maj. Arthur Baker of San Antonio were aboard one of four B-57B Canberra bombers on April 7, 1965, when the plane went down in cloudy weather during a mission over Xiangkhoang Province, Laos.
Lewis, the pilot, radioed that the plane was departing the target area, but there was no further radio or visual contact. Rescue missions at the time failed to find any wreckage. The cause of the crash was unknown, although enemy fire and poor weather were believed to have contributed.
In July 1997, a joint U.S.-Lao People's Democratic Republic team interviewed witnesses, two of whom led the team to the crash site. Four subsequent excavations from 2003 to 2004 yielded human remains and artifacts and the remains were later identified as Lewis and Baker by forensic experts in Hawaii.
Baker will be buried in Longview, Texas, on July 29 and Lewis in Marshall on Aug. 13.
A total of 1,827 U.S. servicemen remain missing in Southeast Asia since the war. Another 756 have been found and identified. |
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coldwarvet
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Here is the link.
Air Force Officers MIA from Vietnam War are Identified
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050726-4202.html
God bless them both. I trust their families will be comforted by the prayers of a grateful nation in this time of sorrow.
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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At least their families have something. They don't have to wonder forever if their sons and brothers and uncles were captured and held in confinement for years.
Welcome home, big brothers and may you, by the grace of God, rest in peace.
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THANKS FOR THE POST.
WELCOME HOME BROTHERS, YOU DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN TO BE PLANTED ON AMERICAN SOIL. |
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