April 30: Memorial Amphitheater and Tram Service Updates

On Thursday, April 30, Memorial Amphitheater will be closed from 8 a.m. until approximately 10:30 a.m. Tram service will be unavailable until 1 p.m. The cemetery will remain open, but please expect increased security and possible delays in movement. 

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Memorial service for Tuskegee Airmen, 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant

1/12/2016

On April 12, 1945, while escorting bombers to Sankt Veit, Austria during World War II, two P-51 Mustangs piloted by 2nd Lt. James L. Hall Jr. and 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant (both Tuskegee Airmen) collided.

Hall bailed from his damaged P-51 before it crashed and became a prisoner of war. Leftenant was never seen again. He was reported "Missing-In-Action" on April 12, 1945 and was declared dead in 1946.  2nd Lt. Leftenant was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart.

A full military honors memorial service for 2LT Samuel G. Leftenant will be held in Memorial Section K at the north end of the cemetery, on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 9:00 AM. The service is open to the public.

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