Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.13.2025
Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord paddles a canoe during a recreational outing, date unknown. This photo, preserved by his family, offers a glimpse in-to his life before his deployment and ultimate sacrifice during World War II. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.12.2025
Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord (far left) stands with fellow crew members at the tail of their A-26B Invader aircraft, circa 1944–1945. Lord served as a gunner in the 642nd Bombardment Squadron, 409th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.12.2025
A portrait of Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord. A Boston native, Lord enlisted in 1942 and deployed to the European Theater, where he was later killed in action during a mission over Germany in 1945. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.07.2025
2nd Lt. Katherine Hendl delivers remarks during the interment ceremony of her great-great-uncle, Staff Sgt. Loring E. Lord, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, Massachusetts, June 7, 2025. Her family chose to highlight the 82,000+ Americans still listed as missing in action. (Courtesy photo)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.06.2025
Southwest Airlines transported the remains of Staff Sergeant Loring Lord, who was killed in action in Germany during World War II, back home to Boston for burial after nearly 80 years. His great nephew Southwest Captain Chuck Axtell, an Air Force veteran, flew the aircraft. (Courtesy photo provided by Stephen M. Keller)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.06.2025
Southwest Airlines transported the remains of Staff Sergeant Loring Lord, who was killed in action in Germany during World War II, back home to Boston for burial after nearly 80 years. His great nephew Southwest Captain Chuck Axtell, an Air Force veteran, flew the aircraft. (Courtesy photo provided by Stephen M. Keller)...
Photo by Brandon Kalloo Sanes | Space Training and Readiness Command | 06.06.2025
Southwest Airlines transported the remains of Staff Sergeant Loring Lord, who was killed in action in Germany during World War II, back home to Boston for burial after nearly 80 years. His great nephew Southwest Captain Chuck Axtell, an Air Force veteran, flew the aircraft. (Courtesy photo provided by Stephen M. Keller)...
Photo by Isaac Blancas | Space Training and Readiness Command | 05.22.2025
2nd Lt. Katherine Hendl, of Space Training and Readiness Command, poses near a mission support site in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 22, 2025. Her participation in the dignified transfer and escort of her uncle’s remains brought a personal connection to the start of her military career. (U.S. Space Force photo by Isaac Blancas)...
