Half-Staff Pennsylvania Flags – Thomas Digman Jr
Thursday, October 27th, 2011American Flags and Pennsylvania Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, October 28th in the state of Pennsylvania in honor of 2nd Lt. Thomas Digman Jr. and Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso.
According to the office of the governor:
Pennsylvania will honor two World War II airmen whose remains were recently returned to the United States. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Thomas Digman Jr., of Pittsburgh, and Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso, of Philadelphia, died in April 1944 when their plane went down during an Allied bombing raid over Germany. Their remains were recently returned to the U.S. for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.