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United States Air Force Color Guard carry the remains of USAF First Lieutenant Michael Blassie's body from the rear of the hearse to his final resting place at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. 1LT Blassie was shot down and killed in South Vietnam on May 11th, 1972. A mix up with dog tags and body identification led the remains listed as Unknown and buried in the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery (Not shown). Using DNA testing on May 14th, 1998, the remains were indentified as those of 1LT Blassie and services were held in his honor. This image is seen in the September 1998 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

United States Air Force Color Guard carry the remains of USAF First Li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Louis State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes the flag draped coffin of Former US President Ronald Reagan from a hearse, on the flight line at Point Mugu Naval Base, California. The Presidents body will be flown to Washington, District of Columbia (DC), where it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, to be followed by a state funeral conducted at the Washington National Cathedral

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes the flag dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN John P. Curtis, USN Release St... More

The Air Force Honor Guard carries the coffin of Michael Hammer, killed in San Salvador while assigned there as AFL-CIO labor specialist for the State Department, to the hearse after the funeral services at the chapel

The Air Force Honor Guard carries the coffin of Michael Hammer, killed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Relea... More

A USAF Honor Guard Team of Pallbearers places a casket, which contains the remains of USAF Lieutenant Michael Blassie in a hearse on the flight line at Scott AFB, Illinois. The remains of Lieutenant Blassie are being returned to his family after lying unidentified for fourteen years in the Tomb of the Unknowns

A USAF Honor Guard Team of Pallbearers places a casket, which contains...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Virginia Weber Release Status: Released... More

The Joint United States (US) Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 40th President of the US Ronald Wilson Reagan, from a hearse before loading it onto the US Army's (USA) 1ST Infantry Division Old Guard caisson, in Washington DC

The Joint United States (US) Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the cask...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MDW Scene Camera Operator: Msgt J... More

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes the flag draped coffin of Former US President Ronald Reagan from a hearse, and prepare to place it aboard US Air Force VC-25 Special Airlift Mission (SAM) 2800, a Boeing 747 aircraft, at Point Mugu Naval Base, California. The Presidents body will be flown to Washington, District of Columbia (DC), where it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, to be followed by a state funeral conducted at the Washington National Cathedral

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes the flag dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Shane M. Hadlick, USAF Release ... More

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a waiting hearse. The casket contains the remains of one of six US servicemen killed in December crash of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert V. Howe Release Status: Released... More

Members of a joint honor guard pay their last respects after loading the transfer case with the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Matthew J. Bourgeois, into a hearse on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. HMC Bourgeois was killed at a remote location near Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he stepped on an enemy land mine

Members of a joint honor guard pay their last respects after loading t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

A Joint US Military Honor Guard places the flag draped transfer case carrying the remains of the US Navy (USN) CHIEF PETTY Officer (CPO) Matthew J. Bourgeois into a waiting hearse at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during the Fallen Soldier Ceremony for CPO Bourgeois, a member of the USN Seal Team, who was killed in action in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A Joint US Military Honor Guard places the flag draped transfer case c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

The remains of an American Astronaut are placed into a hearse by the Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA) Honor Guard. The Astronaut died in the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disaster

The remains of an American Astronaut are placed into a hearse by the B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSG... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), aboard Air Force One

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Msgt M... More

A joint services casket team removes the casket team of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from a hearse parked outside the east entrance of the Capitol. The casket will be carried past the color guard and joint service honor condon lining the steps of the Capitol and placed in the rotunda, where the Unknown will lie in state until Memorial Day

A joint services casket team removes the casket team of the Unknown Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel Release Status: Rel... More

A joint services casket team removes the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from a hearse parked outside the east entrance of the Capitol. The casket will be carried past the color guard and joint services honor condon lining the steps of the Capitol and placed in the rotunda, where the Unknown will lie in state until Memorial Day

A joint services casket team removes the casket of the Unknown Service...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel Release Status: Rel... More

The 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard Team from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, removes the casket containing US Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie's remains from the hearse as family members and escorts look on during the pilots POW ceremony. 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

The 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard Team from Dover Air Force Base, Del...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Sanders Release Status: Release... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), aboard Air Force One

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a waiting hearse. The casket contains the remains of one of six U.S. servicemen killed in the December crash of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert V. Howe Release Status: Released... More

The transfer case containing the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Matthew J. Bourgeois is carried by a joint service honor guard to a hearse during his Fallen Soldier Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. HMC Bourgeois was killed at a remote location near Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he stepped on an enemy land mine during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The honors were rendered by US Army Europe (USAREUR), 37th Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), 21st Theater Support Command (TSC), Kaiserslautern and US Navy Europe (NAVEUR) Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 (NSWU2), Stuttgart, Germany

The transfer case containing the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn M. Broussard, USAF Release Sta... More

Members of a joint honor guard load the transfer case with the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Matthew J. Bourgeois, into a hearse at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. HMC Bourgeois was killed at a remote location near Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he stepped on an enemy land mine

Members of a joint honor guard load the transfer case with the body of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

The Joint US Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan, from a hearse before loading it onto the US Army's (USA) 1ST Infantry Division Old Guard caisson, in Washington DC

The Joint US Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MDW Scene Camera Operator: SSGT S... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), aboard Air Force One

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More

The Joint US Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan, from a hearse before loading it onto the US Army's (USA) 1ST Infantry Division Old Guard caisson, in Washington DC

The Joint US Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 4...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MDW Scene Camera Operator: SSGT S... More

A US Military Multi-Service Honor Guard places the flag draped coffin of Former US President Ronald Reagan at the Ronald Reagan, into a waiting hearse, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California (CA). President Reagans body will be flown to Washington, District of Columbia (DC) where it will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, to be followed by a state funeral conducted at the Washington National Cathedral

A US Military Multi-Service Honor Guard places the flag draped coffin ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Simi Valley State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Edward Martens, USN Release Status: Releas... More

As the members of the Honor Guard load the casket into the hearse, one last salute is given before the casket is transported away

As the members of the Honor Guard load the casket into the hearse, one...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Panmunjom State: Demilitarized Zone Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: SPC. Johnson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A marine honor guard carries COL William R. Higgins' coffin to a hearse that will transport it to Quantico National Cemetery. COL Higgins was killed by terrorists after being taken hostage while serving with the United Nations Truce and Observer Force in Beirut, Lebanon

A marine honor guard carries COL William R. Higgins' coffin to a hears...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Craig Shell Release Status: Rele... More

Members of the USAF Honor Guard escort a Team of Pallbearers as they carry the remains of USAF Lieutenant Michael Blassie to a waiting hearse, on the flight line at Scott AFB, Illinois. The remains of Lieutenant Blassie are being returned to his family after lying unidentified for fourteen years in the Tomb of the Unknowns. A mock-up of a USAF T-39 Saberliner aircraft can be seen behind the hearse

Members of the USAF Honor Guard escort a Team of Pallbearers as they c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Loren Bonser Release Status: Relea... More

Members of the US Air Force 86th Air Wing Honor Guard load the casket of a fallen sailor from USS COLE (DDG 67), into a hearse, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on October 13, 2000. The sailor was caught in the explosion during the bombing of Cole in the Yemen port city of Aden

Members of the US Air Force 86th Air Wing Honor Guard load the casket ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John P. Snow, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes former President Ronald Reagans flag-draped mahogany casket from a hearse. Reagans body will fly on Air Force One to Washington D.C., where his body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, to be followed by a state funeral conducted at the Washington National Cathedral

A US Military Multi-Service Ceremonial Honor Guard removes former Pres...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN John P. Curtis, USN Release St... More

An honor guard bears the remains of MAJ F. Ribas-Dominicci from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a waiting hearse. The airman was killed during a United States air strike on targets in Libya.SUBSTANDARD IMAGE

An honor guard bears the remains of MAJ F. Ribas-Dominicci from a C-14...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert V. Howe Release Status: Released... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Angel Rodriguez, Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, escorts the hearse containing the remains of US Air Force First Lieutenant Michael J. Blassie during a POW ceremony for the pilot. 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

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Angel Rodriguez, Non-Commissioned Officer ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Sanders Release Status: Release... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Posner, USA, along with other members of the honor guard pay their last respects after loading the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Matthew J. Bourgeois, into a hearse at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. HMC Bourgeois was killed at a remote location near Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he stepped on an enemy land mine during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Posner, USA, along with other members of the hono...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: ... More

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

The 436th Airlift Wing Honor Guard, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, es...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Sanders Release Status: Release... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), aboard Air Force One

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More

The Air Force Honor Guard carries the flag-draped coffin of Michael Hammer, AFL-CIO labor specialist in San Salvador for the State Department, to the hearse after memorial service at the chapel

The Air Force Honor Guard carries the flag-draped coffin of Michael Ha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey W. Sanborn Release Status: Relea... More

Members of a US Army honor guard and color guard stand at attention as pallbearers prepare to move the casket of Major (MAJ) Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. from a hearse to an aircraft during a departure ceremony in his honor. Nicholson was shot and killed while on duty in East Berlin

Members of a US Army honor guard and color guard stand at attention as...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A US Military Multi-Service Honor Guard places a flag drape coffin carrying the remains of Former US President Ronald Reagan into a waiting hearse at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), as the US Air Force (USAF) Band plays in the background. The body of Former US President Ronald Regan was flown to Washington, District of Columbia (DC), aboard US Air Force (USAF) VC-25 Special Airlift Mission (SAM) 2800 aircraft, and will be transported to the Capitol Rotunda, where it will lie in state, to be followed by a state funeral conducted at the Washington National Cathedral

A US Military Multi-Service Honor Guard places a flag drape coffin car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, Andrews Afb State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) M. J. Darby, USN Rel... More

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to a waiting hearse. The casket contains the remains of one of six US servicemen killed in December crash of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland

Members of the Dover Air Force Base Honor Guard bear a casket from a C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert V. Howe Release Status: Released... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD), aboard Air Force One

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan in his flag-draped casket to a hearse for a funeral procession after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base (AFB), Maryland (MD)

A combined US Military honor guard carries the 40th President of the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D... More

Members of the US Air Force 86th Air Wing Honor Guard prepare to load the caskets of fallen sailors from USS COLE (DDG 67), into a hearse, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on October 13, 2000. The sailors were caught in the explosion during the bombing of Cole in the Yemen port city of Aden

Members of the US Air Force 86th Air Wing Honor Guard prepare to load ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John P. Snow, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

The Joint United States (US) Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the casket holding the 40th President of the US Ronald Wilson Reagan, from a hearse before loading it onto the US Army's (USA) 1ST Infantry Division Old Guard caisson, in Washington DC

The Joint United States (US) Armed Forces Honor Guard removes the cask...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MDW Scene Camera Operator: Msgt J... More

Airman Reunited with Lost Grandfather's Remains

Airman Reunited with Lost Grandfather's Remains

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Kibbey, assigned to OL-C 1st Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Force Base, California, attends a chain of custody ceremony for his grandfather Col. Richard "Dick" Kibbey, at t... More

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