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In
Memoriam
Major
General
Ernest Thorpe Cragg
USAF (retired) 19
January
1922, Mt Vernon, NY - 9 March
2006,
Arlington VA
“Duty •
Honor •
Country”
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10/26/06 20th TFW page augmented with Ed Goodhue drawings and reformatted 11/15/06 West Point Years Photo Album added 01/27/09 High School Years Abum added |
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Pages WW II Memorial Entry Lightning Encounter Print Marriage to Helen (July 1945) 388th Fighter Bomber Group (July 1954) 20th Tactical Fighter Wing (1963-1966) Air Force Biography Massanutten Military Academy Visit (March 2002) Death Notice (Washington Post, 03/13/06) Obituary (Washington Post 03/17/06) |
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Photo Albums These photo albums open in a new window High SchoolYears West Point Years The 1940s The 1950s The Funeral |
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Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. |
 The Final Salute |
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