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49 years ago

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49 years ago. We stayed up late on the west coast to watch the Laos increment arrive at Clark from Hanoi.

Like Joseph, back from the dead we got to see our brother alive and well.

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Hanoi - Laos Release Increment with the C-141 POW Flight Manifest

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Laos Increment Flight Manifest

CC: 49 years ago, 28 March 1973...

LAOS INCREMENT
(28 March 1973)
One C-141, Tail Number 70007 Released from Gia Lam Airport, Hanoi, North Vietnam @ 1200 hours, arrived at Clark Air Base, Philippines @ 1527 hours.

Name Rank SVC: Bedjnger, Henry J. LJG USN; Brace, Ernest C. CIV; Butcher, Jack M. 1LT USAF; Gotner, Norbert A. MAJ USAF; Leonard, Edward W. Jr. CPT USAF; Long, Stephen G. 1LT USAF; Mattix, Samuel A. CIV; Riess, Charles F. CPT USAF; Stischer, Walter M. LTC USAF; Oppel, Lloyd D. CIV.


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