Six Airmen come home after 47 years

| July 9, 2012

SGT K sends us this link to an article in Fox News/Associated Press about 6 airman shot down over Laos in 1965 who are finally coming home;

The burial comes after the recovery of remains in 2010 and 2011 by joint U.S.-Laotian search teams. Examiners relied on dental records, personal items recovered from the site and circumstantial evidence to conclude that the recovered remains are representative of all six Air Force servicemen: Col. Joseph Christiano of Rochester, N.Y.; Col. Derrell B. Jeffords of Florence, S.C.; Lt. Col. Dennis L. Eilers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Chief Master Sgt. William K. Colwell of Glen Cove, N.Y.; Chief Master Sgt. Arden K. Hassenger of Lebanon, Ore.; and Chief Master Sgt. Larry C. Thornton of Idaho Falls, Idaho.

The Air Force gave all six posthumous promotions, a military spokeswoman said.

Welcome home.

Category: Air Force, Blue Skies

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Hondo

Welcome home, elder brothers-in-arms. Rest now in peace in your native land.

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Beretverde

Thanks for the story! Welcome home all… it is never too late.

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