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Belated Honor

Sunday, September 21, 2014 9:43 pm | < 1 Minute Read
Patriot Guard Riders escort the remains of 1st Lt. William Turner from Buffalo-Niagara Airport to Pennsylvania, where after 62 years, the Korean War airman was laid to rest. He was one of 52 servicemen killed on Nov. 22, 1952, their cargo plane crashed into Mount Gannett in Alaska. The shifting glacial terrain made recovery impossible at the time. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Robert Kirkham)
Patriot Guard Riders escort the remains of 1st Lt. William Turner from Buffalo-Niagara Airport to Pennsylvania, where after 62 years, the Korean War airman was laid to rest. He was one of 52 servicemen killed on Nov. 22, 1952, their cargo plane crashed into Mount Gannett in Alaska. The shifting glacial terrain made recovery impossible at the time. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Robert Kirkham)

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