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U.S. Air Force Col. Giovanni Tuck salutes the flag presented to Helen Burnett, the widow of retired Col. Vane Ward Burnett, during the 68th Remembrance Ceremony on Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2009. The ceremony marked the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on Pearl Harbor Navy Fleet and the Army Air Corps fields of Hickam, Wheeler and Bellows.

ONE FAMILY'S LOSS

U.S. Air Force Col. Giovanni Tuck salutes the flag presented to Helen Burnett, the widow of retired Col. Vane Ward Burnett, during the 68th Remembrance Ceremony on Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2009. The ceremony marked the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on Pearl Harbor Navy Fleet and the Army Air Corps fields of Hickam, Wheeler and Bellows.

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