{"id":71219,"date":"2017-04-02T08:56:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T12:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71219"},"modified":"2017-04-02T08:56:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T12:56:05","slug":"albert-schlegels-last-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71219","title":{"rendered":"Albert Schlegel’s last ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We talked about Captain Albert Schlegel early last month<\/a> when USAFRetired sent us links to the news that his remains had been identified. Now, USAFRetired sends us the news reports of the interment of his remains and his last trip to Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina. From the Beaufort Gazette;<\/p>\n

U.S. Army Air Force Capt. Albert Schlegel rode to his final resting place draped in an American flag.<\/p>\n

The silver hearse passed under a large flag hanging over the roadway and motored by dozens of smaller flags waved by people who never knew the ace World War II aviator whose remains were identified last year after more than 70 years.<\/p>\n

The ceremony was as much a homecoming parade as it was a funeral on a warm Thursday morning at Beaufort National Cemetery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a moment of closure,\u201d Schlegel\u2019s nephew, Callawassie Island resident Perry Nuhn, told a large crowd gathered with the casket. \u201cThis is a happy moment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n