Honoring the fallen at Lafayette Escadrille Cemetery
U.S. Air Force Ch, Lt. Col. Michelle Law-Gordon, an individual mobilization augmentee to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa deputy command chaplain, swaps stories with a French Color Guard member during a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Marnes-la-Coquette, France, May 24, 2026. The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery commemorates the birthplace of American combat aviation and is the final resting place for some of America’s first combat aviators and their French Officers during World War I.