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A joint services honor guard arrives outside the main chapel to participate in an arrival ceremony for the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

A joint services color guard precedes a joint services casket team as they carry the casket to the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era into the main chapel. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

A joint services casket team carries the flag-draped casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era into the main chapel. The Unknown will lie in state at the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be transported to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. A hearse will take him from Andrews to the Capitol, where he will lie in state prior to interment

A joint services casket team places the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era on a bier inside the main chapel. After a short service, the Unknown will lie in state at the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be transported to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. From Andrews he will be taken to the Capitol to lie in state

A joint services casket team loads the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era onto a hearse. The Unknown will be taken to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day, followed by a state funeral and interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery

A joint services honor guard, bringing their rifles to order arms, lines the walkway at the main chapel during an arrival ceremony for the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

A joint services casket team loads the casket of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era onto a hearse. The Unknown will be taken to the Capitol, where he will lie in state until Memorial Day, followed by a state funeral and interment at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery

The Air Force Band of the West participates in an arrival ceremony for the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era at the main chapel. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

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 of the Unknown Serviceman of the Vietnam Era from a hearse and prepares to carry it into the main chapel. The Unknown will lie in repose in the chapel until the morning of May 25th, when he will be placed aboard an aircraft for a flight to Washington, District of Columbia

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Travis Air Force Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT D. Sutherland

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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casket team services casket team serviceman vietnam era hearse chapel repose aircraft washington columbia california travis air force base high resolution us air force usaf air force base us national archives vietnam war commemoration
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24/05/1984
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The U.S. National Archives
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casket team services casket team serviceman vietnam era hearse chapel repose aircraft washington columbia california travis air force base high resolution us air force usaf air force base us national archives vietnam war commemoration