TOO OFTEN IN LIFE A HERO GOES UNSUNG. DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT, MANY MEN WENT TO ASIA TO "CONTROL COMMUNISM". MANY OF THEM NEVER CAME HOME. SOME OF THEM WERE KILLED IN THE JUNGLE BY A BOOBY TRAP, OR SHOT DOWN BY AN "INNOCENT" VILLAGER. SOME JUST SIMPLY DISAPPEARED. SUCH IS THE STORY OF AIRFORCE CAPTAIN JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOOD.......

JUNE 16, 1973: CAPTAIN SAMUEL CORNEILUS AND HIS ELECTRONIC WEAPONS OFFICER, CAPTAIN JOHN SMALLWOOD, SAT IN THEIR F-4 PHANTOM, FLYING HIGH ABOVE CAMBODIA. SUDDENLY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROCKED BY HOSTILE GROUND FIRE AND BEGAN TO FALL TOWARDS EARTH. NO PARACHUTES WERE SPOTTED AS THE FIGHTER PLANE SMASHED INTO THE GROUND. NO EMERGENCY BEEPERS WERE HEARD. THE OFFICIAL WORD: "SURVIVAL OF CAPT. CORNEILUS AND CAPT. SMALLWOOD IS UNLIKELY".

"SURVIVAL UNLIKELY"...ONCE THE WORDS WERE SAID THE CASE WAS CLOSED AND CAPT. SMALLWOOD WAS FORGOTTEN, UNTIL THE CREW OF THE USS WAYNESBORO ADOPTED HIM.NOW WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO TELLING CAPTAIN SMALLWOOD'S STORY TO THE WORLD. WHO KNOWS..... MAYBE, ONE DAY, JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOOD WILL COME BACK TO THE U.S. AS A TRUE HERO..

WE HAVE PLACED A FLAG FOR CAPT. SMALLWOOD TO SHOW THE WORLD WE REMEMBER.

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