Political Quotes

“this past Sunday, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, VVMF, held a dedication ceremony on the National Mall, commemorating ten courageous men whose names recently have been carved on the black granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. One of them--a brave and beloved airman, Joseph William Aubin--hailed from Bridgeport, CT. On the morning of May 26, 1966, Chief Warrant Officer Aubin, an experienced Chief Aviation Electronic Technician, was asked at the last minute to join a mission. He unquestioningly boarded the Skywarrior aircraft with his team from NAS Cubi Point in the Philippines to explore critical suspicious activity in Vietnam. On the way, he and his team encountered damaging weather conditions that unexpectedly doomed the engines. In this critical moment, Chief Warrant Officer Aubin was instructed to ``bail out'' into the South China Sea. Along with three of his team members, he died there. Since that day in 1966, Chief Warrant Officer Aubin and the three other men who perished during the mission--ATR3 Richard Carl Hunt from Guys Mills, PA, LT Walter Allan Linzy from Nashville, AR, and ATR3 Richard Dwaine Stocker from Jacksonville, AR--have been remembered as the ``Lost Back End Crew.'' Chief Warrant Officer Aubin's body was never recovered, but he is no less deserving to be memorialized. Now, the entire Nation can visit the site of the Vietnam Memorial to honor him and his ultimate sacrifice.…”