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Air.177
10-23-2006, 20:29
One of the first Americans to be lost in Indochina on the way home.

Link (http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/nation/15816134.htm)

Rest in peace

The Reaper
10-23-2006, 21:21
RIP and Blue Skies, Earthquake.

Welcome home.

TR

Gypsy
10-23-2006, 21:36
Welcome home Sir, may you Rest in Peace.

Ambush Master
10-23-2006, 21:39
Rest In Peace.

We'll see you at the final DZ!!

LibraryLady
10-23-2006, 21:42
Good to see you made it back, Sir. RIP

LL

Cincinnatus
10-23-2006, 22:35
IIRC, I read somewhere that he used to take up two barstools at the bar where he and his compatriots hung out (in Saigon? Rnagoon? Bangkok?). He was shot down or crashed and it took him months to make his way home. He'd lost so much weight that no one recognized when he sat at the bar.

RIP

lrd
10-24-2006, 08:57
Welcome home, Sir.

Rest in peace.

vsvo
10-24-2006, 09:20
Rest in Peace

CPTAUSRET
10-24-2006, 09:21
Glad he finally made it home!

Goggles Pizano
10-24-2006, 20:05
Welcome home Mr. McGovern. May ye rest in peace lad.

Monsoon65
10-25-2006, 20:19
Welcome back and RIP.