I find it hard to believe that it has been that long now. I remember thinking WW2 was’nt that long ago and that Vietnam was just a few years ago.
I was a bit more than a month over ten when this guy was shot down. About 8 years later, I enlisted in the USAF. I stayed in for 24 years, and I’ve been retired for almost ten years. Some ways, it hasn’t been all that long, but in other ways, it’s been forever.
Rest in Peace, Commander. God bless your family, and you.