Remembering Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

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After 61 years, Wreaths Across America remembers lost heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

Sixty-one years ago on March 16, 1962, Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FTLF 739) and its crew, departed on a secret mission sanctioned by President Kennedy, to fly to Vietnam. This secret Vietnam reconnaissance mission went missing with no trace of the plane or its passengers ever found. Onboard were 93 United States Army soldiers and 11 civilian crewmembers. On Thursday, March 16, 2023...

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