In May 1972, combat helicopter pilot, Jim Crigler fulfilled a Vietnam battle field promise made to his mentor and brother in arms, Thomas Shaw. It was Shaw’s wish that should he be killed in action, he wanted Crigler to bring him back home to his family in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
This was the first time Crigler met a Gold Star Family. He remembers the visit as if it was just yesterday. “It was the toughest mission of the war for me,” said Crigler.
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