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Families have fought for recognition of the soldiers who died on Tiger Flight 739 for years now because their names aren’t allowed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial since they didn’t die in a combat zone.
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 ...
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Soldiers who perished in 1962 on secret mission to Vietnam are memorialized 2 hours ago John Williams, of Peru, Ind., left, and his sisters, Maria McCauley, of Branson, Mo., center, and Susie Linale, of Omaha, Neb., pose at a monument to honor the military passengers of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Columbia Falls, Maine. Their father, SFC Albert Williams Jr., was among those killed on the secret mission to Vietnam in 1962. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three year...
On Saturday, families of more than 20 fallen soldiers were on hand for the unveiling of a memorial to honor those who perished over the Pacific Ocean.
May 14, 2021, midnight · A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation airplane similiar to one that disappeared in 1962. (Photo courtesy of Wreaths Across America) Listen To This Story It’s been almost six decades since a military charter flight carrying 93 highly trained soldiers disappeared over the Pacific Ocean between Guam and the Philippines. Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was never found, but the families of those aboard, including one from Nebraska, will get some closure Saturday in the form of a unique memorial in the woods of Maine. There is a Nebraska connection, but first some backgr...