U.S. Navy Quartermaster SEAMAN Daniel Sullivan (left) and Quartermaster SEAMAN Shawn Canfield (right) properly fold the American Flag (National Standard) after flying it from the mast aboard the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Dec. 20, 2006, to honor the 41st anniversary of the death of U.S Navy CAPT. Guy David Johnson. This flag covered CAPT. Johnson's casket during his funeral and was sent by his family to the KITTY HAWK to be flown for this anniversary date. CAPT. Johnson (a pilot) and LT. CMDR. Lee Edward Nordahl (a navigator) were both shot down and killed on Dec. 20, 1965, while flying a naissance mission over North Vietnam in an RA-5C Vigilante...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: U.S. Navy Quartermaster SEAMAN Daniel Sullivan (left) and Quartermaster SEAMAN Shawn Canfield (right) properly fold the American Flag (National Standard) after flying it from the mast aboard the Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Dec. 20, 2006, to honor the 41st anniversary of the death of U.S Navy CAPT. Guy David Johnson. This flag covered CAPT. Johnson's casket during his funeral and was sent by his family to the KITTY HAWK to be flown for this anniversary date. CAPT. Johnson (a pilot) and LT. CMDR. Lee Edward Nordahl (a navigator) were both shot down and killed on Dec. 20, 1965, while flying a reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam in an RA-5C Vigilante reconnaissance aircraft after taking off from the KITTY HAWK. CAPT. Johnson's remains were returned to the United States in 1976 and interned at Arlington National Cemetery in 1977. LT. CMDR. Nordahl's remains have never been found. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Stephen W. Rowe) (Released)

Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Stephen W. Rowe, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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