Also, please remember those currently serving our country, including our own children. Words cannot depict the pride, and yes, the fear, we hold in our hearts of an unknown future for you and many other military personnel.
Colonel William R. (Rich)
Higgins, USMC, a Vietnam veteran, disappeared on Feb. 17, 1988, while serving
as the Chief, Observer Group Lebanon and Senior Military Observer, United
States Military Observer Group, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
(Palestine).
After being held captive
by pro-Iranian terrorists in Lebanon, Col. Higgins was murdered.
The exact date of death is uncertain; however, he was declared dead
on Jul. 6, 1990. His remains were eventually recovered and interred
at Quantico National Cemetery Dec. 30, 1991.
On Feb. 17, 1994, the
Secretary of the Navy announced a new Arleigh Burke class guided missile
destroyer would be named for Col. Higgins. The USS HIGGINS (DDG76)
was christened and launched on Oct. 4,1997, at Bath Iron Works in Maine.
It is scheduled to enter the fleet in 1999 and be homeported in San Diego.
Learn more about Colonel
Higgins via the link on the banner above........it'll be one of the most
interesting, heart-warming, inspiring websites you'll ever visit!!
Also be sure to visit Higgin's photo
album, where you will be able to learn more about the life and death
of Colonel Higgins.
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