Media MIA for Returning Vietnam Heroes

Two airmen from the Vietnam War came home last week.

Are you surprised to read this? There is reason to be surprised. CNN and most other national news outlets either refused to cover it or did not even know that it was happening.

Two U.S. Air Force heroes were buried together in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Cemetery on January 14th, 2011 with full military honors. They have been missing in action from the Vietnam War for 41 years.

On November 12, 1969 Major Robert Leon Tucci and Colonel James Eugene Dennany were flying a combat mission in their F-4 Phantom jet over the Ho Chi Minh Trail when they were hit by anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft crashed and exploded in a ball of fire in Laos. They had been MIA ever since, until their remains were recently located, identified and sent home to their families. Unfortunately, Colonel Tucci’s dad, Leon, did not live to see the return of his son to America. Leon Tucci passed away in 2009. His last words were “I’m just sorry I won’t find out about Robert.”

Apparently CNN did not think this story of these brave American heroes merited any coverage. When an interested citizen called in to the network to inform them of the ceremony in Dallas, he inadvertently called in on the “Breaking News” line and was rudely informed, “This isn’t breaking news. Breaking news is like an earthquake or plane crash. This is nothing more than a ‘story idea’ and we are not interested.”

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