Indiana Spirit Quest #632: 1 out of 3 Aint So Gud Mystery Cache

INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #632

"A or E? WE got you covered!"

HUH?

Printers have to be able to read type backwards and reversed (Mirror image). As a hard type printer I can tell you getting an "N" right is probably the most daunting task of any letter you have to deal with. Guess that's what happened here, altho I think they should have made it right...

NEIL MCKINNEY

Casualty Record for Neil Bernard Mc Kinney GENERAL / PERSONAL Home Muncie, Indiana Birth Date 1934-09-08 Sex Male Race Caucasian Married/Single Married Religion Other, Not Reported Citizen Yes MILITARY Service Air Force Rank 1LT Serial Number 3100572 Component Reserve Grade O2 MOS ----- Length of Service 04 Start of Tour 1963-09-02 CASUALTY Casualty Date 1964-09-03 Casualty Type Hostile, Died Missing Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land Air or Ground Fixed Wing - Crew Country South Vietnam Province Kontum Posthumous Promotion No change Body Recovered Body not recovered Location on The Wall Panel 01E - Row 028

PURCELL, HOWARD PHILIP REMAINS RETURNED 10/30/96 Name: Howard Philip Purcell Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force Unit: Date of Birth: 13 April 1933 Home City of Record: Landsdowne PA Date of Loss: 02 September 1963 Country of Loss: South Vietnam. Loss Coordinates: Status (in 1973): Killed in Action/Body not recovered Category: 4 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: B26E Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Neil McKinney, Raphael Cruz Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: Last radio contact VIC ZB061805 MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS October 30,1996 The remains of American servicemen previously unaccounted-for from Southeast Asia are being returned to their families for burial in the United States. The remains have been identified as Capt. Howard P. Purcell, USAF, of Landsdowne, Pa.; 1 st Lt. Neil B. McKinney, USAF, of Muncie, Ind.; Staff Sgt. Raphael Cruz, USAF, of Stockton, Calif.... On Sept. 2, 1963, Purcell, McKinney and Cruz were flying aboard a B-26B aircraft on an air cover mission over Kontum Province, Vietnam. They were observed by their relief aircraft, but never returned to Da Nang Air Base. An extensive search and rescue effort failed to locate the missing aircraft. In 1992, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) repatriated to the United States human remains and identification media for all three crew members. The remains of these three servicemen were identified individually, and are also part of a group remains identification. Mitochondrial DNA testing was used to confirm the three identifications.

WILLIAM LEE NELLANS

Casualty Record for William Lee Nellans GENERAL / PERSONAL Home Warsaw, Indiana Birth Date 1936-12-29 Sex Male Race Caucasian Married/Single Married Religion Methodist Citizen Yes MILITARY Service Air Force Rank MAJ Serial Number 314365906 Component Regular Grade O4 MOS 1325R Length of Service ** Start of Tour 1967-09-17 CASUALTY Casualty Date 1973-11-02 Casualty Type Hostile, Died Missing Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land Air or Ground Fixed Wing - Crew Country North Vietnam Province Unknown Code Posthumous Promotion No change Body Recovered Body not recovered Location on The Wall Panel 26E - Row 085

The 12th and 16th Tactical Recon Squadrons were stationed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon. On the night of 16/17 Sep 1967 two men from the 12th TRS departed on a recon mission over the southernmost part of North Vietnam flying RF-4C tail number 64-1037, an aircraft assigned to their sister squadron the 16th TRS. The aircraft did reach its target area but then disappeared entirely, believed to have been shot down 5 miles or so north of the Demilitarized Zone. After search-and-rescue efforts failed, the two crewmen were classed as missing in action, and remained in that status until the Secretary of the Air Force approved Presumptive Findings of Death for them. The two men were * Major William L. Nellans, Warsaw, IN (PFoD 11/02/1973) * Captain Peter A. Grubb, Southampton, NY (PFoD 06/24/1977) Their remains have not been repatriated.

The Summerland is the name given by Wiccans (and some Pagans) and other earth-based religions for their afterlife. The belief is that after one experiences life to its fullest and comes to know and understand every aspect and emotion of life (usually after many reincarnations), their deity will let them into the Summerland. The Summerland also functions as a place of rest between incarnations. As the name suggests, it is often envisaged as a place of beauty and peace, where everything people hold close to their hearts is preserved in its fullest beauty for eternity. It is envisioned as containing wide (possibly eternal) fields of rolling green hills and lush grass.

For the rest of us, it's an excellent opportunity to view TV images of Lori Loughlin, Taylor Cole and Carmen Electra in Swimsuits...

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