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U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington unload the remains of retired Marine Col. John H. Glenn Jr., during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., April 6, 2017. Glenn passed away Dec. 8, 2016. Glenn was a U.S. Marine Aviator who flew 149 combat missions during World War II and the Korean War. He later became a NASA astronaut and was the first man to orbit the earth aboard the “Friendship 7” in 1962. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate for the state of Ohio in 1974 and served four consecutive terms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Paul A. Ochoa)

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06/04/2017
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Arlington National Cemetery ,  38.87928, -77.07359
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label_outline Explore In Memoriam John H Glenn, Friendship 7, Memoriam

Airmen from the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Edward D. Parsons salutes

Friends and family of U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt.

A memorial service is held for retired U.S. Marine

U.S. Army Col. T.J. Jamison, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade

The casket of Medal of Honor recipient, retired US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdale, carried to the US Naval Academy Chapel by a ceremonial guard. His wife Sybil (wheel chair) along with friends, family members and shipmates gathered to attend the funeral service for the former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war (POW), test pilot, academic and Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5, at the age of 81

Sgt. 1st Class Randall Crawford of Cameron, N.C., poses

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Battalion,

Chinese Ambassador expresses regret to U.S. for bombing of liner President Hoover. Washington, D.C. Aug. 31. Chinese Ambassador C.T. Wang arriving at the State Department today where he conveyed to Secretary Hull the "profound regret" of the Chinese Government for the accidental bombing of the Dollar Liner President Hoover, and offered to make immediate redress. Under instructions from his government at Nanking, Wang told Hull that the President Hoover was hit by a Chinese aviator who mistook it for a Japanese transport. 8/31/37

The American flag draped casket of Medal of Honor recipient, retired US Navy (USN) Vice Admiral (VADM) James B. Stockdale, carried from the US Naval Academy Chapel by the ceremonial guard. Friends, family members and shipmates gathered to attend the funeral service for the former Naval Aviator, Vietnam prisoner of war (POW), test pilot, academic and Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5, at the age of 81. He was a member of the US Naval Academy Class of 1947

Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey (left), commanding general

Staff Sgt. Kendrix D. Graham escorts Nancy Hazelbaker

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