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Another returns home.
AlanS:
Just got the email today for the Patriot Guard Riders mission for this soldier. We're to meet the plane at the airport in Lafayette and escort him back to his hometown. I'm sure it's going to be pretty chilly, but I'll still be there with my flags flying on my scooter. ::USA::
http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/Article/1391859/funeral-announcement-for-soldier-missing-from-korean-war-lejeune-k/
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, recently accounted-for from the Korean War, are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Sgt. Kermit J. Lejeune, 23, of Church Point, Louisiana, will be buried December 14 in his hometown. In late November 1950, Lejeune was a member of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, engaged in combat operations against the Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces (CPVF) in the vicinity of Unsan County, North Pyongan County, North Korea. Lejeune was reported missing in action on Nov. 28, 1950. Several returned American POWs reported that Lejeune had in fact been captured and died in a North Korean POW camp in February or March 1951.
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Pandora:
Good on ya, Alan. ::USA::
IronDioPriest:
So many of our great veterans are passing into history. The WWII generation is almost gone. Korean War generation will be next... then all we'll have left are those who served with the scorn of the Left heaped upon their backs. God, how I hate the Left.
John Florida:
Thank you for doing that Alan. ::victory::
AlanS:
Have to edit. Riding to the airport in New Orleans. Going to be a real test for me. 320 mi round trip, in the cold, on my scooter. But I'm sure Sgt. Lejeune's family wishes he could be freezing his butt off today. ::praying::
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