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  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. Ever since, their families have been fighting to get answers about the mission from the Pentagon. They also want their loved ones to be recognized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. For the families, it's been heart-wrenching that the soldiers were not properly memo...

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...

Soldiers who died on secret mission are memorialized in Maine Their families attend the unveiling of a memorial in Columbia Falls to honor those who died when the plane they were on disappeared over the Pacific while en route to Vietnam in 1962. By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press Share John Williams of Peru, Ind., left, and his sisters, Maria McCauley of Branson, Mo., center, and Susie Linale, of Omaha, Neb., pose Saturday in Columbia Falls at a monument to honor the military passengers of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739. Their father, Sgt. 1st Class Albert Williams Jr., was among those killed on ...

By DAVID SHARP | Associated Press | Published: May 15, 2021 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. Ever since, their families have been fighting to get answers about the mission from the Pentagon. They also want their loved ones to be recognized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. For the families, it's been...

An Erie soldier and others killed almost 60 years ago in what's been called one of aviation's greatest mysteries will be remembered during a ceremony in Maine on Saturday. Staff Sgt. Leslie Salada was among 107 passengers and crew killed when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 seemingly exploded en route to Vietnam on March 16, 1962. They will be remembered by family members during the unveiling of a monument in their honor in Columbia Falls, Maine.  The monument is on land donated by Wreaths Across America founder Morrill Worchester on the edge of a balsam forest where brush is harvested eac...