A joint services casket team carries the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era across the runway apron to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia. The Unknown will lie in state in the Capitol building until Memorial Day, when he will be interred at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Travis Air Force Base
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Nothing Found.
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Date
25/05/1984
Location
Arlington National Cemetery
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38.87928, -77.07359
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
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