We have been invited to attend the interment of an American Hero.
The remains of Capt. Albert Schlegel will be laid to rest on March 30th at 10AM at Beaufort National Cemetery. Capt Schlegel was WWII Distinguished Pilot with 4 Purple Hearts and 15.5 confirmed downed enemy aircraft. On Aug 28, 1944 he was shot down and listed as missing in action, changed to killed in action in 1945 and in 1949 list as body unrecoverable.
His remains have now been recovered along with what really happened to Capt Schlegel.
Several witnesses have recalled Capt Schlegel's last hours as a POW in Germany, right up to the point when he was taken behind a train station and executed by his captors.
His only living remaining family member, his nephew, Perry Nuhn USAF (ret), has arranged for him to be buried with full military honors in Beaufort National Cemetery.