Associated Press John Williams, of Peru, Ind., left, joins his sisters, Maria McCauley, of Branson, Mo., center, and Susie Linale, of Omaha, Neb., at a monument to honor the passengers of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, which included their father, Saturday in Columbia Falls, Maine. Previous Next Sunday, May 16, 2021 1:00 am Secret-mission victims finally get recognition Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine – Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson officially sent U.S. combat troops to the country. They never made it. Their airplane disappeared between Guam and the Philippines, leaving behind no trace.