Chief M/Sgt. Luther L. Rose laid to rest...

[BigDeputyDog]

SHERMAN, Texas - After 38 years, Chief Master Sgt. Luther L. Rose's long road home from the Vietnam War - and his family's excruciating wait to say goodbye - finally ended Friday.

A special operations C-130 Hercules roared overhead in a flying tribute as an Air Force honor guard placed Rose's flag-draped coffin at the feet of his elderly mother, Thelma Rose, and daughter, Janise Langford, who was 9 when his AC-47 gunship crashed.

A 21-gun salute rang out and a trumpeter played "Taps" as Rose received a full military burial at Akers Cemetery in Sherman, about 60 miles north of Dallas.
SOURCE (http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/9339414.htm?1c)

*stands at attention and salutes* :cry:

BDD...

[Sierra Mike]

Likewise.

SM

[mikepd]

Civilian stands, places right hand over heart and echo's this comment:

"I'm just proud that I live in a country where we do that for our servicemen and we do that for our families."

[cdw]

So sad. They just recently had another conference about co-operation in locating the missing... amazing it's still going on. A good thing, but pretty amazing when you think about it.