Fallen Airman honored over four decades later

An Air Force honor guard team from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., participates in a burial ceremony honoring Maj. Bruce Lawrence Sept. 24, 2011 at a cemetery in Easton, Pa., approximately 43 years after his aircraft was shot down in Vietnam. Lawrence’s remains were recovered and positively identified through the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Michael Gibson)

Fallen Airman honored over four decades later

An Army veteran honors Maj. Bruce Lawrence Sept. 24, 2011 during his burial ceremony at a cemetery in Easton, Pa. Lawrence was an F4-C Phantom II pilot who was shot down in Vietnam in 1968. Lawrence’s remains were recovered and positively identified through the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command after they were missing nearly four decades. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Michael Gibson)

Past Conflicts

An Air Force honor guard team from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participates in a burial ceremony honoring Maj. Bruce Lawrence Sept. 24, 2011 at a cemetery in Easton, Pa., approximately 43 years after his aircraft was shot down in Vietnam. Lawrence’s remains were recovered and positively identified through the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Michael Gibson)

Past Conflicts

An Air Force honor guard team from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst , N.J., participates in a burial ceremony honoring Maj. Bruce Lawrence Sept. 24, 2011 at a cemetery in Easton, Pa., approximately 43 years after his aircraft was shot down in Vietnam. Lawrence’s remains were recovered and positively identified through the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Michael Gibson)

Repatriation

Maj. Gen. Duane A. Jones, director of Resource Integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Washington, presents the U.S. flag to Joan Bergsteinsson and Alan Brink, cousins of missing in action servicemember Maj. Richard G. Elzinga, July 8, 2011 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Elzinga is repatriated at a graveside inurnment service where members of the Bolling Air Force Base Honor Guard render military funeral honors. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Pamela Stauffer)

Returning the Fallen home

An Honor Guard from Eglin Air Force Base place the coffin of 1st Lt. Robert Franklin Dees in to a waiting hearse at Pensacola Regional Airport, Fla. Lieutenant Dees was missing since the Korean War and was returned home to Ozark, Ala. for burial, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Van Williams)