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Honoring a hero
Chief Master Sgt Brooke McLean, PACAF command chief, (left) and Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, unveil the plaque dedicated to Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger April 29, 2011 at the Courtyard of Heroes, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Chief Etchberger was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during a then-classified mission in Laos, where he died March 11, 1968, under enemy fire. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Matthew McGovern)