Colorado Springs pilot mourned, celebrated after 48 years missing in Vietnam
By: Tom Roeder
May 9, 2017 Updated: May 9, 2017 at 3:53 pm
The Gazette.
American flag by Airman 1st Class Michael Alvarez presents Carol Helwig with an American flag flown in honor of her husband Capt. Roger D. Helwig at the Memorial Pavilion at the Air Force Academy on Tuesday May 9, 2017. Family and other members of the community attended the memorial service for Helwig was listed as killed-in-action during the Vietnam War.
Thundering jets above Colorado Springs Tuesday morning bid a final farewell to a native son who went missing 48 years ago on a mission to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
It was a sound that Capt. Roger Helwig loved. Helwig, who was born in Trinidad and raised in Colorado Springs, was a free spirit known for meticulous honesty oddly melded with a wild streak that drove him to seek adventure in the sky.
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