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| we LOVE the Air & Water Show |
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| planes flying in formation over Lake Michigan |
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| A Tuskegee Airman at the Chicago Air & Water Show |
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| marching to the staging area for the oath |
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| Maris is in the back row, just left of that black podium |
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| taking the oath |
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| taking the oath |
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| the new Airmen were honored by a flyby of a new raptor plane. Here they are, waiting for it to fly past... |
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| ...and here you see turned heads following its progress...I was too slow! |
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| and here they come...so proud!! |
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.
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