THE WALL OF FACES

Never forget.

HOOAH

On the remembrance of your 81st birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

Dear Major James Jackson, Thank you for your service a Navigator. You are still MIA. PLEASE COME HOME. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It's the end of summer and Labor Day is soon. The time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

We were crew and like brothers, training together at George AFB. Terry went to Ubon, Thailand and I went to Kadena, Okinawa. I still remember the night in March 1972 that I found out. I still remember Terry and his big smile every day. He was a good man.

MAJ James E. Whitt was the pilot and CAPT James T. Jackson the bombardier/navigator on an F-4D attached to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On March 23, 1972, the two were assigned an operational mission that would take them over Savannakhet Province, Laos. Other pilots in the flight observed Whitt's aircraft crash in an inverted position upon egress from the target, about 25 miles southeast of the city of Muong Nong. Both men were briefly classified Missing in Action, during which time Jackson was promoted to the rank of Major. On March 24, however, it was determined that both men had died in the incident, based on the receipt of unspecified evidence of death received by the Department of the Air Force. [Taken from pownetwork.org]