MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER

Operation Hero

Latham, New York
· Hosam Deen Rukieh
Historical Marker Database · Steve Stoessel
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Hosam Deen, a pilot for U.S. CHECK, crashed his plane at this site on December 10, 1994, at 2:28 am, and in doing so spared many lives in the community. He is remembered here for that act and for his love of aviation.
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Latham, New York · United States

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