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Reader Stormy writes and sends us:

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A Veterans Day Video Monument Dedication Of 15....

Hi Hobie, Please post this video. It is touching and warm. A video to be watched on such a sacred day.
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'On November 8, 1961 Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 chartered by the United States Army took off from Newark, NJ to transport new recruits for basic military training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.

At 21:24 Eastern Time Zone, the aircraft crashed as it attempted an emergency landing at Byrd Field, near Richmond, Virginia.

While there were no apparent impact related injuries, all seventy-four passengers and three crew members died as a result of carbon monoxide asphyxiation in the ensuing fire and smoke.

On November 9, 2016 a monument was dedicated to 15 of these soldiers who came from a very close-knit community of Passaic, NJ.

Who were the soldiers of Imperial Airlines Constellation Flight 201/8?

Far more than names carved into granite stone. These were vibrant, intelligent, and brave young men on the very edge of young adulthood.

I was careful to say brave young men, as we know from the historical evidence that they struggled valiantly to escape their fate aboard that constellation airliner.

Their effort warrants our remembrance, and without doubt, their effort merits this commemoration. Indeed, these young men were soldiers who would give up their lives in the line of duty.

Because, In the Final analysis, there is no qualitative difference in the sacrifice of a young American life; Whether this tragedy takes place on a mountainside in Korea, a rice paddy in Vietnam, a desolate wilderness in Afghanistan, or a routine flight en route to training........'

Passaic Soldiers Monument Dedication - Nov 9, 2016

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip99qpUppFQ

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