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'Restored Honor': A World War II Pilot's Long Road Home
ABC News via Yahoo ^ | 6/21/15 | ALEXANDER MALLIN

Posted on 06/22/2015 9:37:17 AM PDT by Kartographer

“There was a huge plume of smoke,” Romer told ABC News through a translator. “So this is something that just burned in my memory.”

That memory would stick with Romer until after his retirement, when he decided to return to his old home to find out what happened to that plane, and more importantly he said, the pilot inside.

Just a year later, Romer would find himself in Arlington National Cemetery, standing alongside the pilot’s relatives in a moment seven decades in the making, at what would be the young lieutenant’s final resting place.

“For me it is a very moving day,” Romer said. “Not just today, but all of the days that led up to today.”

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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Welcome home Lieutenant Herb and thank you for your service.

Herr Romer thank you for your diligence in getting Lt. Herb home.

"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor."
Romans 13:7

1 posted on 06/22/2015 9:37:17 AM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

Agreed,Welcome Home. Thanks for sharing.


2 posted on 06/22/2015 10:00:14 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Kartographer

Was he shot by Germans or Russians?


3 posted on 06/22/2015 10:22:53 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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Wow. I have goose bumps.

To think this poor guy made it through the crash, only to be shot is heartbreaking. War certainly sucks.


4 posted on 06/22/2015 10:41:49 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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His honor was not restored because his honor was never taken from him. Today’s writers simply have no concept of honor and duty.


5 posted on 06/22/2015 10:44:18 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Kartographer

Thanks for posting this - great story...


6 posted on 06/22/2015 11:26:50 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: AlaskaErik
His honor was not restored because his honor was never taken from him. Today’s writers simply have no concept of honor and duty.

Very true.But remember,the word "honor" came from the German guy or someone who was interpreting his words from German.Use of that word could simply be the result of an imperfect understanding of English by the German guy (if he made his comment in English) or an interpreter with an imperfect understanding of German and/or English.

7 posted on 06/22/2015 12:22:28 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Feelings Are Today's Truth,Truth Is Today's Blasphemy)
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To: Born to Conserve

Probly Germans. Germans were officially encouraged to think of pilots as terrorists and illegal combatants deserving of nothing but death.

Given the years of bombing of their cities, and the hundreds of thousands of German civilians killed, it’s a POV that is certainly understandable, even if I don’t agree with it.


8 posted on 06/22/2015 12:46:58 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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