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Flyover. four f-16s will be flying over what is known as the missing man formation, which is always do you know at memorial ceremonies like this. and certainly, what weve been hearing at this point over the past couple of hours from officials is that they do believe that many of these remains are likely american. these remains that were given back by north korea. they say theres no reason to believe that they are not from the korean war. this is very initial analysis, of course, just a couple of...

Husband, father, grandfather, hero. leo thorsness was a proud american and an inspiration to anyone he met. the jets came flying low, some from the same unit leo flew in back in vietnam. as the f-15 pulled up into the missing man formation we look into the sky and remember those twinkling blue eyes and the shock of white hair. the jet disappeared from our sight soaring into the heavens just like colonel leo thorsness. i knew him for the last 10 years. he was a remarkable man and could light up t...

First segment, take your best swing and explaining to people who may not know it, what it is, its importance, and how it flew in the missing man formation today. >> exactly. article 5 is what nato is all about. article 5 says that basically an attack on one member is an attack on all and that all members shall come to the aid and some fashion or another of one whos attacked. its only been cited once in the entire history of nato which goes back to the end of the 1940s and that was after 9/11 whe...

-- wunls -- once or twice in the first segment. take your best swing and explaining to people who may not know it, what it is, its important, and how it flew in the missing man formation today. >> exactly. article 5 is what nato is all about. article 5 says that basically an attack on one member is an attack on all and that all members shall come to the aid and some fashion or another of one whos attacked. its only been cited once in the entire history of nato which goes back to the end of the 1...

Its importance, and how it flew in the missing man formation today. >> exactly. article 5 is what nato is all about. article 5 says that basically an attack on one member is an attack on all and that all members shall come to the aid and some fashion or another of one whos attacked. its only been cited once in the entire history of nato which goes back to the end of the 1940s and that was after 9/11 when the allies came to our defense in effect after the world trade center and the pentagon were ...

With that flyover, with a missing man formation, you can see the commemoration in pearl harbor in hawaii. final thoughts, michael? >> well, you know, the brilliance of preserving this as a memorial, there was some thought maybe we should pull up the ships and turn this into a working port. instead if you go out to pearl harbor, as you know, you can still see to this day oil trickling up from one of the sunken ships. for anyone who wants to be taken to the historic moment of how horrible it was a...

As you know, the 40-year-old father of two was one of the two police officers killed in that horrible brazen ambush one week ago today. by that gunman who was motivated by those anti-police protests across the country. but this morning it was an emotional service of tribute, respects and thanks. brian ennis is at the church. hello, brian. >> reporter: hi eric. known as ralph by the loved ones and friends officer rafael ramos is described as selfless compassionate. someone with a disarming smile....

Youd be hard-pressed to find a marine aviator with war time experiences to rival those of this world war ii vet who flew off the u."uss franklin" until 1945 when it was struck by japanese bombs. over 00 men died in that attack. though ravaged by fire and taking on water the crew kept "the franklin" afloat. it made it back to new york harbor under its own harbor from half-way around the world. he died last august. his family wanted a missing man formation flyover at arlington national cemetery. >...

>> december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> and 71 years later the nation remembers the attack on pearl harbor which killed more than 2400 americans and propelled our nation directly into world war ii. earlier today a moment of silence at pearl harbor as aircraft from hawaiis national guard soared overhead in missing man formation, sank the battle ship. its wreckage lies at the bottom of the harbor. trace gallagher in our new york newsroom. >> a veteran that survived that attack ...

Arizona" one time for each ship, so that bell will be rung 15 times. again, it should be a very moving ceremony, indeed. the hawaiian air national guard also expected to do a flyover in the missing man formation. about 120 survivors have made the trek here to pearl harbor to commemorate this event that forever changed our nations history. and, you know, i had the opportunity to speak to some of those survivors. they say that the memories still haunt them. they say they remember pearl harbor like...