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 uniden

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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. 1998.

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.

1998

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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: Released to Public

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