Political Quotes

“CAPT. John William (Jack) Kennedy is coming home. Next Friday, August 2, a nearly 25-year saga surrounding the fate of Captain Kennedy, a missing-in-action Air Force pilot in Vietnam, will end at Arlington National Cemetery. On August 16, 1971, Air Force Captain Kennedy was flying an O-2A aircraft, solo, on a visual reconnaissance mission over the Quangtin Province of South Vietnam when radio contact was lost. He was a forward air controller pilot for the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron based in Chu Lai, Vietnam, in support of the 23d Infantry Division. The area in which he was flying was rugged mountainous terrain covered by thick jungle and a known location of enemy ground forces. When Captain Kennedy failed to respond to normal communications checks, a search effort was initiated. But no crash was found, no radio contacts made, and no witnesses were identified. He was listed as 'Mission in Action,' a status he carried until the Air Force moved to change it to 'Presumed Killed in Action' in July 1978.”