{"id":224273,"date":"2026-04-09T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:02:09","slug":"vietnam-veteran-makes-annual-trip-to-fallen-comrades-tallahassee-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224273\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam veteran makes annual trip to fallen comrade\u2019s Tallahassee grave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A Vietnam veteran makes his way to Tallahassee every April 8 to honor his fallen comrade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Larry Jackson, who lives in Albany, was a door gunner on Joe Harris\u2019 helicopter. The duo was on their way to fly cover for another aircraft on that fateful day in 1972 when they were shot down. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More Tallahassee news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jackson survived, but Harris, who grew up in the Capital City, did not. Every year on the day of his passing, Jackson visits Harris\u2019 grave to pay his respects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI have survivor\u2019s guilt so bad that he died and I didn\u2019t. It just tears me up inside all the time to know that he could have been here instead of me. It is so important to me to pay my respects to me to let him know he is not forgotten. No matter what, he will never be forgotten,\u201d Jackson said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ANLEPGMIGVA5JIR2IGQ4T4O5LE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>(Alison Posey\/WCTV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jackson said it took him a while to find where Harris was buried. 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