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JOHN E STACKHOUSE
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JOHN E STACKHOUSE
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POSTED ON 1.30.2017
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of CAPT John E. Stackhouse
On September 13, 1966, CAPT John E. Stackhouse and 1LT Benjamin B. Finzer were killed after their USAF F-4C “Wolfpack” Phantom II (#63-7694) from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron crashed on takeoff from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. Soon after becoming airborne, the aircraft went into an excessively steep pitch angle, stalled, and impacted the runway. Stackhouse had been on temporary duty to the 497th. Just over a month earlier, Finzer had survived being shot down during an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam with a different pilot, successfully ejecting over the Gulf of Tonkin and being rescued by a Navy helicopter. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, 8tfw.com, and thewall-usa.com]
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POSTED ON 9.13.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter
Remembering An American Hero
Dear Captain John E Stackhouse, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
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POSTED ON 5.27.2011
If I should die...remembrances for CAPT. John E. STACKHOUSE, USAF...who made the ultimate sacrifice!
If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undonhe, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy hearrt, 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 9.13.2003
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer
NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER
It's said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for family, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift, uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
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