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Recovery of airman's remains in Vietnam a bittersweet ending
Recovery of airman's remains in Vietnam a bittersweet ending
(EXCERPT) By MARK COLLETTE Copyright 2003 Tyler Morning Telegraph David Poole traveled to Hawaii to pick up his father's remains, and the pieces of a Psalm found near the airman's crash site in Vietnam. For Poole and his family, the trip marked a bittersweet homecoming, one that seals an end to nearly three decades of hope that a husband, brother and father of five could still be alive. They buried him last weekend. But with these remains, among the first identified through a new method of DNA testing, and with the personal artifacts found at the bottom of a small pond near Hanoi comes a kind of closure most survivors of missing-in-action soldiers never enjoy. Just before a surface-to-air missile blasted a hole through Charlie Poole's B-52 bomber, the gunner recorded a final transmission over the plane's intercom: "That's close enough." Then another missile exploded, setting the... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 26 Oct 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory...olitan/2178215 --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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