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Article: Remains of early Vietnam KIA found. (Now hear this: brief news items of interest to veterans and their families.).(US pilot's remains, from French Indochina War, are returned)(Brief Article)
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- VFW Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2003
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The remains of either James B. McGovern (nicknamed "Earthquake McGoon") or his co-pilot Wallace A. Buford were returned from Laos in December. The team was flying for the CIA when their C119 Flying Boxcar was shot down by the Communist Viet Minh on May 6, 1954. They were attempting to deliver an artillery piece to the besieged French garrison at Dien Bien Phu during the French ...
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