An American Airlines pilot recently flew a mission that carried personal meaning far beyond the usual passenger flight.
Captain Casey Brouhard, based in Phoenix, commanded American flight 2431 from Dallas/Fort Worth to Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Oct. 15. On board were the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Harold Beryl Dulyea, Brouhard’s great-uncle, who was declared missing in action during the Korean War in 1950, according to the Allied Pilots Association (APA), the union representing pilots at the airline.
Dulyea served with the 1st Cavalry Division and was captured during the Battle of Yongdong, the APA said. He was among a group of prisoners believed to have been killed when an Allied airstrike hit their convoy while they were being moved north. His remains were never identified and were listed among the unknowns for decades…