TC's Tribute to

Harrison, Timothy R

One of many missing but not forgotten, let's bring them home  Now.

Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 10 February 1991 from one or more

of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, published

sources, interviews. Updated 2002 POW NETWORK.

UPDATE: June 2, 2002:

My husband Paul G. Buege...killed in Desert Storm... 

Your bio of him is incorrect.  It upsets me greatly that you have been misinformed concerning 

the remains.  Out of a crew of fourteen, five were identified, and the other nine families had 

to accept apportioned remains. There were no returned bodies as your bio suggests.  I have no 

idea if the apportioned remains I received even contain anything of my husband.  It disturbs 

me greatly that Mortuary Affairs reports that we received bodies....when they made us fight to 

have our own funerals and gravesites, so we wouldn't have to be deemed to a group funeral and 

grave.  The Government knows full well that they don't believe they had the remains of all 

14 crewmembers.  I will be doing my utmost to correct this misnomer. 

Sincerely, 

Theresa L. Buege

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REMARKS: OPERATION DESERT STORM

SYNOPSIS: The Lockheed C130 Hercules aircraft is a multi-purpose four-engine

prop aircraft known in military circles for precise radar targeting and

awesome firepower. The aircraft is used as transport, tanker, gunship, drone

controller, airborne battlefield command and control center, weather

reconnaissance craft, electronic reconnaissance platform; search, rescue and

recovery craft.

In the hands of the "trash haulers", as the crews of Tactical Air Command

transports styled themselves, the C130 proved the most valuable airlift

instrument in the Southeast Asia conflict.

The C130 was used in the abortive attempt to rescue hostages held at the

U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1980. The C130 was again in action in the

December, 1989, invasion of Panama, spearheading the attack by knocking out

Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega's military headquarters. In 1990, the C130

was again to see combat in Operation Desert Storm.

The AC130H Spectre is an armed version of the C130 Hercules transport. It

bristles with side-firing cannons, including a 105mm howitzer. Gunships are

used to attack tanks and other vehicles as well as stationary ground

targets, often under cover of night when the lumbering four-engine

turboprops are harder to spot, even at low altitudes. The Spectre missions,

especially those of the Special Operations Squadrons, are often classified

missions.

On January 31, 1991, an AC130H was performing a support mission deep into

enemy territory when it went down over Kuwait. The crew of the aircraft

included Major Paul J. Weaver; Capt. Dixon L. Walters; Capt. Arthur Galvan;

Capt. William D. Grimm; 1Lt. Clifford Bland, Jr.; TSgt. Robert K. Hodges;

Sgt. Damon V. Kanuha; MSgt. James B. May II; SSgt. John L. Oelschlager;

SSgt. Mark J. Schmauss; SSgt. John P. Blessinger; SMSgt. Paul G. Buege; and

Sgt. Barry M. Clark. U.S. Representative Earl Hutto (D-FL) whose district

includes the home base of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt

Field, later told media sources that the gunship was on a targeting mission,

seeking out enemy targets and directing other aircraft to them.

Other aircraft heard a "mayday" distress call, but there was no indication

of what caused the aircraft to crash. Search and rescue teams were unable to

reach the aircraft's location to recover any who may have survived. The crew

of the aircraft were equipped with AN-PRC-90 hand-held survival radios, even

though a newer version, the AN-PRC-68, might enhance survival chances.

The 90, although still in wide use, uses only two well-known international

distress frequencies, increasing the possibility that allied rescuers could

be decoyed into a deadly trap by Iraqi forces using the same frequencies.

The 68 has 2,000 channels and can be modified to provide encrypted speech to

frustrate eavesdroppers. Friendly search forces can determine the direction

of signals transmitted by the newer radio.

The families were notified on the following day that the aircraft was down

and that all aboard were Missing in Action. Searches were ongoing for the

aircraft and/or survivors, families were asked not to speak to media

representatives, and little information is available about the crew or the

mission on January 30.

The Iraqis have stated that Allied prisoners of war would be used as "human

shields" to protect their important military sites from attack by Allied

forces. Amidst clearly inflated shoot-down reports issued by the Iraqis, and

reluctance by the Pentagon to release premature information, observers wait

for news of missing and captured military personnel, speculating on the

treatment they will receive as prisoners if they are captured.

Those who recall the torture and degradation American POWs were subjected to

by the North Vietnamese can only wait and pray.  Those who recall the

abandonment of American POWs in World War II, Korea and Vietnam are watching

carefully, determined that all our men and women will be returned alive, or

fully accounted for, before American troops leave the Middle East when

hostilities cease.

Harrison's parents, Orvin and Lorelei Harrison, reside in Maxwell, Iowa.

Harrison has been in the Air Force for 12 years, having joined right out of

high school. He left for the Persian Gulf on January 2, 1991. The 16th

Special Operations Squadron is based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, where its

members were stationed when they embarked for the Middle East.

Source: All POW-MIA Internetwork

Synopsis: Air Force Staff Sergeant Timothy R. Harrison, 31 of Maxwell, Iowa. (Originally MIA then KIA)

Re: 3 Gulf War MIAs Says Bush

To: ALL

From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Date: September 21, 2002

3 MIAs from Persian Gulf... Bush Said It... "More than 8,100 from the Korean War are missing, more than 120 from the Cold War, more than 1,900 from the Vietnam War, and three from the Gulf War. These Americans, who dedicated their lives to preserving and protecting our freedoms, will never be forgotten. "

Evidently the powers-that-be, would like us to forget it, but forgot to tell the President about it.

After culling the list of 19 individuals that were MIA ("officially" all men, except Scott Speicher are "accounted-for") the candidates for the other 2 MIA cases that have received no national prominence are:

Air Force Capt. Stephen Richard Phillis, 30 of Rock Island, Illinois. (Originally MIA then KIA)

Air Force Staff Sergeant Timothy R. Harrison, 31 of Maxwell, Iowa. (Originally MIA then KIA)

Navy Lt. Patrick K. Connor, 25 of Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Originally MIA then KIA - Probable candidate.)

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Barry T. Cooke, 35 of Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Originally MIA then KIA - Probable candidate.)

Army Specialist David Bush, 21.

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