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JOHN F. O'GRADY USAF TRIP REPORT":
Please help Bring Colonel John F.
O'Grady Home! Col OGrady was shot down over Vietnam in 1967 and went missing,
leaving behind a wife and seven children. Colonel John F. O'Grady USAF POW/MIA A
pilot, an engineer, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy & the father of 7
.O'Grady earned the Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Bronze
Star Medals, and a Purple Heart I am the youngest daughter of the seven children
and after over 30 years of not knowing the fate of my dad, and wondering if he
was alive or dead or if he suffered; I finally received some answers on Memorial
Day 2012.
The government interviewed two Vietnamese soldiers that
recalled my fathers last day upon this earth. He had survived the plane crash
with just a broken leg and and a small scalp wound and was captured after
landing in a tree, he was entangled in his parachute rendering him helpless .The
soldiers did not have a vehicle to transport him to a hospital so they carried
him on a liter. Hours later after requesting water ,(which the soldiers did not
have) he died before they reached the hospital. The soldier recalled O'Grady
clinging to a photo of his wife and family and specifically remembered picture
of at least two young daughters, and he vividly remembered O'Grady's great
reluctance to give up the photo, After O'Grady died the soldiers used A Star
Fruit Tree as a reference point for burial so someday his body could be returned
to the family and claimed they buried him with his dog tags.
JPAC
started excavating the site, but they stated they were forced to suspend the
operation due to interference by someone. The family deserves closure and
desperately seek it. It has been over a year and still JPAC has not resumed the
excavation It is Time to bring this Hero Home...
I was 6 years old when
my father was shot down & the last letter he wrote, was to me;
here is a
quote from that letter;
""Daddy is flying a lot and the more he flies the
sooner he will be home for good and that's what he wants more than anything else
in the world, so he can give out great big hugs and kisses to everyone, but
especially to little girls in the first grade. who won't be in the first grade
much longer."
Help Me fulfill his last wish & Bring him
Home.
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command is a group of dedicated volunteers
that work tirelessly to account for all our missing soldiers. It is
understandable that they were forced to suspend excavating O'Grady's burial
site. It has been over a year since JPAC suspended operations, we have
information as to where he was buried we cannot in good conscience let him lie
in an unmarked grave 8,000 miles away. Now it is time to begin the excavation
process again. Send your email to
pao_mail@jpac.pacom.mil You can also
help by LIKING O'Grady's FB Page
https://www.facebook.com/ColonelJohnOGradyALostHero
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