Downed Vietnam era pilot returned home

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Story here: Vietnam War pilot's remains flown home to Texas by his son, a Southwest pilot

Excerpt:
“The remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot who died while serving in the Vietnam War were personally flown home by the man’s son⁠ — 52 years after the two saw each other for the last time.

Col. Roy A. Knight Jr. was shot down May 19, 1967, as he led an airstrike in northern Laos. He was declared dead in September 1974 after search and rescue efforts had failed.”

Touching story.

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Such a moving story.

Jackson Proskow also has a good account of it here.
(Twitter thread link, and also a link to a YouTube video.)

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Is that a SkyRaider he’s standing in front of? Aviation buff, chime in.

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I do not understand the importance some attach to finding and returning the dead to their families. I understand it is important to other people, but I just do not get it.

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Yes it is