HONORED ON PANEL 35W, LINE 82 OF THE WALL
NORMAN DALE EATON
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NORMAN D EATON
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35W/82
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POSTED ON 6.14.2002
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS FINE YOUNG UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
served with the
8TH TACTICAL BOMBER SQUADRON
35th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING
based at
PHAN RANG AIR BASE
COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
IN THE CLASS OF 1949
WHO WAS REPORTED AS BEING
MISSING IN ACTION
ON 13 JANUARY 1969
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING
A B57 " CANBERRA " LIGHT BOMBER WAS
STRUCK BY ENEMY FIRE.
~~~ DUTY - HONOR - COUNTRY ~~~
~~~ THE LONG GRAY LINE ~~~
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
16808 - 1949
( originally entered on 19 February 1999 )
NORMAN DALE EATON
served with the
8TH TACTICAL BOMBER SQUADRON
35th TACTICAL FIGHTER WING
based at
PHAN RANG AIR BASE
COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
IN THE CLASS OF 1949
WHO WAS REPORTED AS BEING
MISSING IN ACTION
ON 13 JANUARY 1969
WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS PILOTING
A B57 " CANBERRA " LIGHT BOMBER WAS
STRUCK BY ENEMY FIRE.
~~~ DUTY - HONOR - COUNTRY ~~~
~~~ THE LONG GRAY LINE ~~~
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
16808 - 1949
( originally entered on 19 February 1999 )
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POSTED ON 11.13.2000
If I should die...remembrances for COL. Norman Eaton, USAF...a brave pilot!
If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine....and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
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POSTED ON 11.13.2000
For an Air Force officer who graduated from the Point, he was an example of a hero of...THE CORPS!
The Corps! Bareheaded, salute it, with eyes up,thanking our God, that we of the Corps are treading, where they of the Corps have trod! They are here in ghostly assemblage! The MEN of the Corpslong dead! And our hearts are standing ATTENTION! While we wait for their passing tread! We sons of today, we salute you! You sons of an earlier day! We follow, close order, behind you, where you had pointed the way! The Long Gray Line of us stretches, through the years of a century told! And the last man feels to his marrow, the grip of your far-off hold! Grip hands with us,now though we see not! Griphands with us, strengthen our hearts!...as the Long Line stiffens and straightens with the thrill that your presence imparts! Grip hands, though it be from the shadows! While we swear, as you did of yore! Or living or dying to honor...THE CORPS! AND THE CORPS! AND THE CORPS!!! We salute you, Sir! Your devotion to DUTY...HONOR...and COUNTRY...willnever...I say again, will NEVER be extinguished from our minds!!!
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POSTED ON 2.22.1999
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE FINE YOUNG AIR FORCE PILOTS WHOSE NAMES SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
and
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
PAUL EVERETT GETCHELL
8TH TACTICAL BOMBER SQUADRON
PHAN RANG AIR BASE, SOUTH VIETNAM
THE B57 ' CANBERRA ' WAS A LIGHT TACTICAL BOMBER
THAT PLAYED A VARIED ROLE IN THE VIETNAM CONFLICT.
A VETERAN OF OPERATIONS "ROLLING THUNDER " AND
" STEEL TIGER ", B57s FROM THE 8TH TACTICAL BOMBER
SQUADRON AT PHAN RANG, SOUTH VIETNAM, HAD ALSO
BEEN EQUIPPED WITH INFRARED SENSORS FOR NIGHT
STRIKE OPERATIONS IN " TROPIC MOON II " and " III "
IN THE SPRING OF 1967.
COL EATON WAS THE PILOT AND LTC GETCHELL HIS
CO-PILOT OF A B57 ' CANBERRA ' LIGHT BOMBER WHICH
WAS LOST OVER SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, LAOS,
ON JANUARY 13, 1969.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY HOSTILE
FIRE AT ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
MUONG NONG. ALTHOUGH NO PARACHUTES WERE OBSERVED
BY OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA, A FORWAR AIR
CONTROLLER (FAC) REPORTED HEARING A FAINT BEEPER
IN THE APPROXIMATE AREA WHERE THE LAST RADIO
TRANSMISSION WAS RECEIVED, THEREFORE BOTH OF
THESE FINE FLYERS WERE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
MISSING IN ACTION.
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COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
IN THE CLASS OF 1949
- DUTY - HONOR - COUNTRY -
- THE LONG GRAY LINE -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
NORMAN DALE EATON
and
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
PAUL EVERETT GETCHELL
8TH TACTICAL BOMBER SQUADRON
PHAN RANG AIR BASE, SOUTH VIETNAM
THE B57 ' CANBERRA ' WAS A LIGHT TACTICAL BOMBER
THAT PLAYED A VARIED ROLE IN THE VIETNAM CONFLICT.
A VETERAN OF OPERATIONS "ROLLING THUNDER " AND
" STEEL TIGER ", B57s FROM THE 8TH TACTICAL BOMBER
SQUADRON AT PHAN RANG, SOUTH VIETNAM, HAD ALSO
BEEN EQUIPPED WITH INFRARED SENSORS FOR NIGHT
STRIKE OPERATIONS IN " TROPIC MOON II " and " III "
IN THE SPRING OF 1967.
COL EATON WAS THE PILOT AND LTC GETCHELL HIS
CO-PILOT OF A B57 ' CANBERRA ' LIGHT BOMBER WHICH
WAS LOST OVER SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, LAOS,
ON JANUARY 13, 1969.
THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPARENTLY STRUCK BY HOSTILE
FIRE AT ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
MUONG NONG. ALTHOUGH NO PARACHUTES WERE OBSERVED
BY OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA, A FORWAR AIR
CONTROLLER (FAC) REPORTED HEARING A FAINT BEEPER
IN THE APPROXIMATE AREA WHERE THE LAST RADIO
TRANSMISSION WAS RECEIVED, THEREFORE BOTH OF
THESE FINE FLYERS WERE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
MISSING IN ACTION.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
COLONEL
NORMAN DALE EATON
WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK
IN THE CLASS OF 1949
- DUTY - HONOR - COUNTRY -
- THE LONG GRAY LINE -
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
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POSTED ON 11.15.1998
POSTED BY: Marcia Dwyer
In 1970, I purchased a POW bracelet The man's name was Col. Norman Eaton. I thought about this man quite often. I wore my bracelet, hoping that he would be found and sent home. My bracelet broke in half from all the years of wearing. Many years later I ordered another bracelet, saddened that he was still a POW/MIA. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Marcia Dwyer
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