THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after the passage of so many years.

Dear Cap Samuel Woodworth, Thank you for your service as a Tactical Aircraft Pilot. You are still MIA. Please come home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Presidents' Day. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Be at peace .

Never forget.

HOOAH

CAPT Samuel A. Woodworth was a U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, located at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. On April 17, 1965, American Air Force and Navy aircraft conducted armed reconnaissance missions into North Vietnam. The strike force of over sixty planes sought targets of opportunity along three major highways north of the 17th parallel. Woodworth was flying a Republic F-105D Thunderchief (#61-0171) with a group of attack aircraft roaming Routes 8 and 12 and hitting a way station at the Mugia Pass near the Laotian border. His group destroyed one military truck, a number of military buildings, and caused a secondary explosion. During a run on a truck, Woodworth’s Thunderchief was seen to plow into a hillside after making a low pass at the vehicle. The pilots of other aircraft on the mission did not see him parachute from his jet before it hit the ground, and enemy presence in the area prevented ground searches of the crash site. Further attempts to locate Woodworth were unsuccessful, and his remains have not been recovered. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, pownetwork.org, and “Daily News Briefs,” Saigon, RVN, April 19, 1965, a MAVC publication at ttu.edu]

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

HOOAH