A joint services color guard stands by as a joint services casket team carries the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era to a caisson waiting in the east plaza of the Capitol. The caisson will carry the Unknown to Arlington National Cemetery for a state funeral and internment at the Tomb of the Unknowns
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Washington
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SFC Lurch, USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
28/05/1984
Location
Arlington National Cemetery
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38.87928, -77.07359
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
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