Miss. aviator honors father

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Navy Cmdr. Joe V. Overstreet, a Hattiesburg native, attended a two-bell ceremony here April 15 in remembrance of the downing of an American EC-121 early warning radar surveillance aircraft by Russian MIGs – in international waters - 45 years ago. The Mississippian’s father, Lt. Cmdr. James Overstreet, was the plane commander. The younger Overstreet, with wife, Julie, and daughter, Sydney, attended the ceremony in the base chapel where the 31 service members aboard the “Deep Sea 129” call sign of the EC-121. Each crewman received two strikes from the bell when their name was read aloud. (Source: Navy News Service, 04/18/14)