Helen Patton, granddaughter of Army Gen. George S. Patton, left, places a rose at the gravesite of Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Hanford "Rusty" J. Rustand, a B-17 bomber pilot killed in World War II, as Marilynn Rustand Lieurance, Rustand’s daughter, watches after a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Rustand died when his B-17 came under enemy fire during a mission near Merseburg, Germany, and crashed on Nov. 2, 1944, nearly half a year before Lieurance was born. Both Rustand and Patton’s grandfather are among the 5,076 Ameri
Helen Patton, granddaughter of Army Gen. George S. Patton, left, places a rose at the gravesite of Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Hanford "Rusty" J. Rustand, a B-17 bomber pilot killed in World War II, as Marilynn Rustand Lieurance, Rustand’s daughter, watches after a Memorial Day ceremony at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Luxembourg, May 28, 2016. Rustand died when his B-17 came under enemy fire during a mission near Merseburg, Germany, and crashed on Nov. 2, 1944, nearly half a year before Lieurance was born. Both Rustand and Patton’s grandfather are among the 5,076 American service members buried at the cemetery. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)
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