feddoc
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If you are former Army, you may know what these guys do.
They are the folks who ID remains of US Servicemen/women who are lost to war. I volunteered to do some work for them in the early 90s. Spooky and very humbling when poking through flight gear that once held a man who gave his all.
When remains come in to CILHI, they are escorted from a plane then placed on a big blue bus and taken to the lab where ID begins.
I cannot imagine how humbling this must have been...to take your fathers remains home to the same airport where you last saw him alive.
Welcome home.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...flies-mia-dads-remains-home-texas/1956770001/
If any of you happen to visit Hanoi, take a look at the Army Museum. You will find a fair amount of stuff tied to US Service men/women, including ID cards, uniforms, aircraft parts, etc.
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
They are the folks who ID remains of US Servicemen/women who are lost to war. I volunteered to do some work for them in the early 90s. Spooky and very humbling when poking through flight gear that once held a man who gave his all.
When remains come in to CILHI, they are escorted from a plane then placed on a big blue bus and taken to the lab where ID begins.
I cannot imagine how humbling this must have been...to take your fathers remains home to the same airport where you last saw him alive.
Welcome home.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...flies-mia-dads-remains-home-texas/1956770001/
If any of you happen to visit Hanoi, take a look at the Army Museum. You will find a fair amount of stuff tied to US Service men/women, including ID cards, uniforms, aircraft parts, etc.
?Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. "
