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Navy Pilot Missing Since Vietnam War Buried At Arlington National Cemetery
CBS-Los Angeles ^ | May 19, 2013 | CBS-Los Angeles

Posted on 05/19/2013 6:35:39 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th

Forty-six years after being killed in action,
the U.S. Navy honored Lt. Dennis Peterson of Huntington Park
during an interment ceremony on May 2.

Lt. Peterson was 27 when he left to serve in the Vietnam War on March 27, 1967.


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ALL GAVE SOME
SOME GAVE ALL

1 posted on 05/19/2013 6:35:39 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th
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To: Repeal The 17th

May he rest in eternal peace.


2 posted on 05/19/2013 6:38:51 PM PDT by basil (basil --Second Amendment Sisters.org)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Salute!

May God rest his soul.


3 posted on 05/19/2013 6:39:17 PM PDT by stanne
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ThankYou,Dennis,and GOD Bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 05/19/2013 6:42:29 PM PDT by bandleader
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To: Repeal The 17th

I just heard a Two Star describe a recent repatriation mission, where he recovered, along with an honor guard detail, six MIA VN GIs.

Full honors, Time taken for each one.

He and, everyone was a mess (crying)


5 posted on 05/19/2013 6:42:53 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Repeal The 17th

RIP, Shipmate.


6 posted on 05/19/2013 6:51:04 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: Repeal The 17th

RIP.


7 posted on 05/19/2013 6:54:31 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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RIP...


8 posted on 05/19/2013 6:56:30 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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I had just graduated high school in ‘67 and a college degree was on my mind (along with a series of part time jobs to get there.) I finally copped the elusive BA in ‘72 (I was 1-A for one year but things were winding down by then.)
I am retired now. This seems like a very long time ago.


9 posted on 05/19/2013 6:57:23 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Repeal The 17th
An American hero comes home.

RIP

10 posted on 05/19/2013 7:00:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

RIP.


11 posted on 05/19/2013 7:01:28 PM PDT by DemforBush (Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
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You’re home at last,Sir!


12 posted on 05/19/2013 7:02:44 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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RIP, Lt. Dennis Peterson.


13 posted on 05/19/2013 7:06:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Having joined the Army in '69 (figuring I'd be drafted otherwise) I was sitting on my foot locker in BCT at Ft Knox,KY on the day I read in the Louisville Courier-Journal that *my* draft lottery number was 327.I cried myself to sleep that night.But,all in all,I think the Army was good for me.It toughened me up and taught me a lot about responsibility (not that I was any kind of recruiting poster soldier).

As they say..."all gave some,and some gave all" (like the Naval Aviator we're saluting now).

14 posted on 05/19/2013 7:09:26 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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In the fall of 1969 I learned that my draft number was “8”. I was already slated to be commissioned & later went to Vietnam as a Huey pilot.

But it was in the summer of 1967 that Vietnam combat deaths started to weigh on me as I was 18 and already could have enlisted.

Never forget to honor our fallen brave. My wife & I are retired military & an annual pilgrimage to Arlington is the very least we can do.


15 posted on 05/19/2013 7:23:58 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; basil; stanne; bandleader; pabianice; fieldmarshaldj; Chode; FlingWingFlyer; ...

I’m starting to get old now,
but I was of age and going to college at the time.
My draft # was 126 in 1971.

My daddy knew somebody that knew somebody
and pulled some strings and found a way out for me
and got me into the national guard (1971-1977).

So I went to basic and AIT, but I did not go “over there”.

Daddy (RIP) was a WWII vet (Honolulu, Solomans, Guadalcanal)
but he could not understand the purpose of vietnam.

I have felt a sense of guilt ever since,
thinking that “somebody” “somewhere”
must have had to sacrifice in my place.

May God bless all of you.
Those were some strange days, indeed.


16 posted on 05/19/2013 7:32:26 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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God bless our troops!


17 posted on 05/19/2013 7:38:10 PM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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God Bless you for caring, and.... Nobody took your place. The Lord has a plan and we each play our role in it.

If I could take back a million things I did as a kid, I would.... But would I have taken the same path?

Would I have met my beautiful wife and had our kids?

If I had done things differently, my life would’ve turned out differently... And I most certainly would not have the beauty around me that I could not imagine my life without.. ( my wife and children )

Everything happens for a reason.

Thank you for “YOUR” service.


18 posted on 05/19/2013 7:46:13 PM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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To: Repeal The 17th; elcid1970
So I went to basic and AIT, but I did not go “over there”.

I was never ordered to SE Asia either so it can certainly be said that I didn't sacrifice much...not *nearly* as much as many did.Men like LT Peterson and "elcid1970".I understand your sense of guilt...I've felt the same from time to time.Mine was so great that I felt the need to visit Vietnam a few years ago to try to drive out my demons and pay tribute,in a small way,to those who sacrificed so much.I must say that that boat ride I took up the Mekong was very spooky.But enough of that.

In my own defense I served a full hitch,never ran afoul of the UCMJ and my DD214 reads "honorable".Assuming the same is true of you at least we can both say "hey,there are those who sacrificed far less than I did" at the same time we remain aware of...and honor...those who sacrificed more.

19 posted on 05/19/2013 7:50:14 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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Amen...


20 posted on 05/19/2013 7:51:00 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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