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You’ve heard about the U.S. military’s determination not to leave anyone behind when America goes to war. This seems to hold true long after a war has ended. Air Force Senior Airman Savannah Carpenter writes for the Defense Department: For years, there was only a name and a legacy his family never let fade. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, family members and
uniformed service members moved toward a granite headstone at a cemetery in Greenville, South Carolina, that had stood for more than eight decades without the man it was meant to honor. On this day, that changed. The memorial finally met its purpose. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Morton Sher was killed in action Aug. 20, 1943, when he crashed the P-40 Warhawk fighter-bomber aircraft he was piloting during a combat mission over Hunan, China, during World War II. Sher’s remains were finally accounted for this summer… A name once lost to history is spoken aloud again. He is
accounted for, remembered and finally home. Yes, let’s speak of men like Morton Sher every chance we get. Airman Carpenter continues:
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