Word: servicemen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First stop on Friday morning was Arlington National Cemetery, where an hour-long memorial service was held for the eight servicemen* who died in the aborted raid in Iran. After meeting beforehand with the families of the dead men, Carter delivered a nine-minute eulogy. "It is not the length of life," he said, "that determines its impact or its quality, but the depth of its commitment and the height of its purpose." While Carter spoke, his voice was firm. But later, when a lone bugler played taps, when six Thunderbird jets swooped across the sky in the "missing...
...ceremony honored five of the eight servicemen who died two weeks ago in Iran's Dasht-e-Kavir desert during the aborted raid to rescue the Americans held hostage in Tehran. Some 5,000 people gathered at Hurlburt in memory of the five air commandos who had been stationed there. One by one, the lost men were eulogized. Said Lieut. Colonel Calvin Chasteen about his comrade, Captain Richard L. Bakke, a 33-year-old navigator: "He looked forward with enthusiasm and anticipation to this last opportunity to serve, not for the glory it offered but for the deep satisfaction...
...wounded Americans were treated at West Germany's Ramstein Air Base, then flown back to the U.S. Following in due course, said President Abolhassan Banisadr, would be the bodies of the eight American servicemen, five from the Air Force and three from the Marine Corps...
...After the Mayaguez, a small U.S. merchant ship headed for Thailand, was seized by a Cambodian gunboat, President Ford ordered a military rescue by 1,100 Marines. All 39 Mayaguez crewmen were freed, but at the cost of 41 U.S. servicemen killed and 50 wounded...
...John Limbert Sr. had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he wished the President's patience had not run out. On the other, he felt compelled to support his decision. Said Limbert: "I called the White House and expressed my regret and condolences to the families of the servicemen who died, and I asked that the President be told that I understood what he was trying to do." Mary Needham felt much the same way. But she was worried that heated discussion of the rescue attempt could further endanger the lives of the hostages. Said she: "When our people...