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The 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, escorts the hearse containing US Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie's remains during the pilots POW ceremony to a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. For 26 years the Air Force pilot remained unidentified, and since 1984 he rested in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery until DNA tests confirmed his identity June 30. This image was used in the July 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

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The 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, escorts the hearse containing US Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie's remains during the pilots POW ceremony to a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. For 26 years the Air Force pilot remained unidentified, and since 1984 he rested in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery until DNA tests confirmed his identity June 30. This image was used in the July 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine

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Base: Dover Air Force Base

State: Delaware (DE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Michael Sanders

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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10/07/1998
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The U.S. National Archives
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