WWII letter to the parents of a crewman lost in air combat training:
"He did not lay down his life upon the field of battle, but his sacrifice is the same. He was preparing himself to defend those liberties and principles which had been taught to him from his early youth and which were a part of his very being. This may be small consolation to you in your bereavement, but you may well be proud both of his life and of his death."
Friends of the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum
B-24J 42-100023, lost on Casper Mountain, WY, June 17, 1944, Zorn crew
Dangers Air Combat Training at Casper Army Air Base.
Plaque dedicated to all combat crews lost in training. The Murchison crew was lost at Bates Creek, WY in 1945. The plaque location is at the Shirley Rim rest area about 30 miles south of Casper. The project was funded by the Friends with assistance from the Wyoming Department of Transportation.