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" ALBANY, N.Y. — As the metallic gray hearse carrying the remains of Sgt. Dominick J. Licari drove past three men from Castleton VFW Post 7337, the veterans stood at attention and cocked their right hands to their heads to salute.
The men never met Licari, a World War II aerial gunner whose remains were found recently in New Guinea, 69 years after his plane was shot down.
But on Friday, they welcomed him as one of their own.
"It's great to bring him back after all these years because you never leave anyone behind," said Fred Schultz, the post commander.
The Delta Air Lines flight carrying Licari's remains touched down at Albany International Airport at 5:15 p.m., and his flag-draped coffin was greeted on the tarmac by his family, an Army honor guard, state troopers and police from his hometown in Frankfort, Herkimer County.
Three stories above the scene, a throng of reporters and many observers who don't know Licari's family, and learned of the homecoming days ago, watched from the airport's observation deck as his coffin was carried into a waiting hearse.
The observation deck fell silent as Licari was taken off the plane; the only sounds coming from a child peering out the window and speakers broadcasting pilot chatter.
When the motorcade pulled away from the airport, 10 members of the Patriot Guard Riders stood at attention, their American flags fluttering while four State Police cruisers led the vehicles toward the Thruway."
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"Licari, a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces, was shot down March 13, 1944. He was a gunner in bombardment squadrons until he and his pilot were lost during a mission against Japanese forces."
" ALBANY, N.Y. — As the metallic gray hearse carrying the remains of Sgt. Dominick J. Licari drove past three men from Castleton VFW Post 7337, the veterans stood at attention and cocked their right hands to their heads to salute.
The men never met Licari, a World War II aerial gunner whose remains were found recently in New Guinea, 69 years after his plane was shot down.
But on Friday, they welcomed him as one of their own.
"It's great to bring him back after all these years because you never leave anyone behind," said Fred Schultz, the post commander.
The Delta Air Lines flight carrying Licari's remains touched down at Albany International Airport at 5:15 p.m., and his flag-draped coffin was greeted on the tarmac by his family, an Army honor guard, state troopers and police from his hometown in Frankfort, Herkimer County.
Three stories above the scene, a throng of reporters and many observers who don't know Licari's family, and learned of the homecoming days ago, watched from the airport's observation deck as his coffin was carried into a waiting hearse.
The observation deck fell silent as Licari was taken off the plane; the only sounds coming from a child peering out the window and speakers broadcasting pilot chatter.
When the motorcade pulled away from the airport, 10 members of the Patriot Guard Riders stood at attention, their American flags fluttering while four State Police cruisers led the vehicles toward the Thruway."
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"Licari, a member of the U.S. Army Air Forces, was shot down March 13, 1944. He was a gunner in bombardment squadrons until he and his pilot were lost during a mission against Japanese forces."
