zondag, april 02, 2006
Dubbel tragisch: broer Dana Stone gesneuveld in Afghanistan
Dana Stone bought his own ticket to Vietnam in 1966 and started working as a stringer for the Associated Press (AP). Stone, who had to be taught how to use a Nikon when he arrived in Saigon, ended up with his combat photos on the cover of Time magazine a year later. In 1968 Stone and his wife left Saigon for Europe, then returned to Vietnam in 1970.
Dana Stone vanished on April 6, 1970, on Route 1 in Cambodia (along with Sean Flynn, the son of the actor Errol Flynn).
Tom Stone was a junior in high school when his older brother Dana disappeared in Cambodia. Tom Stone joined the Army in 1971 shortly after he graduated from Woodstock High School, motivated at least in part by a desire to learn what had happened to his brother.
On March 29, 2006, Sgt 1st Class Tom Stone (still a soldier 35 years later), was killed in combat in Afghanistan.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 23:28
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