from FindAGrave |
Back in Topeka, he was originally supposed to be honored, along with pilot Louis Phillip Billard, with a street named after him. You can read about that street here.
Pictured is Lt. Blakely's gravestone in the American Cemetery in Lorraine, France.
September 10, 1965 |
Is that someone's bird? Someone's trained bird? Or did a random bird just land on the flag? If it's just a random bird then this would be an amazing picture. Be even better if it were an eagle though.