Norma Spurling, center, whose brother George Hout disappeared in 1944 on a flight from China to India, becomes emotional during an MIA memorial ground-breaking ceremony at the American Legion Maine headquarters in Winslow on Friday.
American Legion member Bill O'Neil lowers his head during a prayer at the MIA memorial ground-breaking ceremony at the American Legion Maine headquarters in Winslow on Friday.
Norma Spurling holds a framed picture of her late brother George Hout during an MIA memorial ground-breaking ceremony at the American Legion Maine headquarters in Winslow on Friday.
Members of the American Legion national and state family shovel dirt during an MIA memorial ground-breaking ceremony at the American Legion Maine headquarters in Winslow on Friday.
People gathered for an MIA memorial ground-breaking ceremony at the American Legion Maine headquarters in Winslow on Friday are reflected in the glass of an MIA framed picture.
George Hout of Bar Harbor was 20 when he disappeared on a mission flying over "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains between India and China, a treacherous route allied pilots navigated to supply the Chinese war effort against the invading Japanese.
George Hout of Bar Harbor was 20 when he disappeared on a mission flying over "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains between India and China, a treacherous route allied pilots navigated to supply the Chinese war effort against the invading Japanese.
George Hout of Bar Harbor was 20 when he disappeared on a mission flying over "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains between India and China, a treacherous route allied pilots navigated to supply the Chinese war effort against the invading Japanese.
George Hout of Bar Harbor was 20 when he disappeared on a mission flying over "The Hump," the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains between India and China, a treacherous route allied pilots navigated to supply the Chinese war effort against the invading Japanese.
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