Memorial service for B-52 victims
From Times Wire Reports
Nearly 2,000 people attended a memorial service at Anderson Air Force Base for the six crew members of a B-52 bomber that plunged into the Pacific on Monday.
The six officers killed were: Maj. Christopher M. Cooper, 33; Maj. Brent D. Williams, 37; Capt. Michael K. Dodson, 31; 1st Lt. Joshua D. Shepherd, 25; 1st Lt. Robert D. Gerren, 32; and Col. George Martin, 51. They were based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
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