Pilot's remains at rest at academy

The Associated Press

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- It took 34 years for the remains of Maj. Victor Apodaca Jr., 1961 Air Force Academy graduate and pilot shot down in Vietnam, were returned to the academy.

Apodaca's remains were identified earlier, and his family decided to hold a memorial at the academy at his 40th class reunion.

A son, Robert, of Orlando, Fla., brought the remains from Hawaii on a commercial flight but had to land in Minneapolis Tuesday.

On Thursday he and his father's remains arrived in a military plane, and on Saturday, Victor Apodaca's remains were laid to rest.