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Etchberger in Thailand
Medal of Honor recipient Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger at Udorn Air Base, Thailand, shortly before his death in March 1968 during a battle at a secret U.S. radar site on a mountain peak in Laos. Courtesy photo
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