Watch Now: Pilot shot down on D-Day, WWII, finally gets burial in Normandy, France.
Mary Saraceni, niece of fallen D-Day air pilot 2nd Lieutenant William J. McGowan, talks about the rare July 9th Interment Ceremony for McGowan at the Normandy American Cemetery in France. Three generations of McGowans gathered at the Normandy American Cemetery for William's burial which is one of just four burials at the cemetery since 1955. "It's very rare," said Scott Desjardins, superintendent of the cemetery, in a phone interview from France. Video interview and editing by Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star. Videos and photos of the ceremony courtesy of the American Battle Monuments Commission. Historical photos courtesy of Mary Saraceni.
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Family with Tucson ties finds peace in France for missing D-Day casualtyAn American pilot killed on D-Day was finally laid to rest in France, after a multi-generational effort by family members in Tucson and elsewhere.
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