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U.S. Air Force Honor guard members from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, give a 21-gun salute during a rosette-placing ceremony at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, Feb. 20, 2009. The event honored the nine airmen of the McMurray Crew who flew a B-24 bomber in World War II, and were missing in action until remains were found in a field southwest of Berlin in 2002.

HONORING AIRMEN

U.S. Air Force Honor guard members from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, give a 21-gun salute during a rosette-placing ceremony at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium, Feb. 20, 2009. The event honored the nine airmen of the McMurray Crew who flew a B-24 bomber in World War II, and were missing in action until remains were found in a field southwest of Berlin in 2002.

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