Bobbie Joe Cavnar is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/dallasftworth.asp.  He was the 22-year-old pilot of the big four-engine Douglas C-54 that rescued a stranded crew of the wrecked B-29 "Kee Bird" from the far northwest tip of Greenland in February 1947. Cavnar landed his transport plane on a small frozen glacial lake near the wreck. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions and personally congratulated by President Harry S. Truman. He retired from the Air Force as a Colonel in 1964.  https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/photograph-records/59-1243.
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