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A Note from The Virtual Wall On the night of 05/06 January 1971, LT L. Rinne and LTJG C. P. Miller (in F-4J BuNo 155577) flew a barrier Combat Air Patrol mission between North Vietnam and the carriers' operating station in the Gulf of Tonkin with a scheduled recovery at about 4 AM. The mission was routine and they entered marshall for a carrier-controlled approach as expected. The CCA was normal in all respects, with the crew calling the "ball" and transitioning from a radar/instrument aproach to a visual approach at something less than a mile aft of the ship. LT Rinne flew a high approach and landed long, missing the arresting gear wires. While a "bolter" is neither uncommon nor especially demanding on the crew, this one ended differently than most - as the aircraft departed the deck both crewmen ejected. Crewmen aboard the ship saw two good parachutes and followed both to water landings. Although LT Rinne was picked up by one of RANGER's SH-3 helicopters, searches by the helicopters and plane guard destroyers failed to locate LTJG Miller. His body was not recovered.

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