100 Veterans Circle - Jacksonville, AR
(501) 241-1943

War Stories Series

DEDICATION OF THE F-105

DEDICATION WAS ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2009, 2:00 P.M.

BY LEO THORSNESS, COL. USAF (RET.)

Medal of Honor Recipient and former POW (6 years in the Hanoi Hilton)

THE CROWD WAITS FOR COL. THORSNESS TO ARRIVE

HONOR GUARD FROM LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE

THE VOLUNTEERS FROM LITTLE ROCK AFB FABRICATION SHOP WERE
THANKED FOR RESTORING THE F105 TO ITS FORMER GLORY.

COL. LEO THORSNESS, USAF (RET). SHARED SOME OF HIS MEMORIES OF FLYING THE F-105 OVER VIETNAM

RIBBON CUTTING BY DANNAKAY DUGGAR, MUSEUM DIRECTOR, JACKSONVILLE MAYOR GARY FLETCHER,
JOAN ZUMWALT, PRESIDENT OF THE JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY, COL. THORSNESS
AND ONE OF THE TROOPS WHO RESTORED THE F-105

JACKSONVILLE MAYOR GARY FLETCHER GIVES THE KEY TO THE CITY TO
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT AND FORMER POW, COL. LEO THORSNESS.

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