Famed Airman CMSgt Paul Kerchum laid to rest with full military honors

One of the U.S. Air Force’s most legendary—as well as courageous and inspirational—Airmen, CMSgt (retired) Paul Kerchum has been laid to rest.
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Zachary Mills, a petroleum supply specialist with the 372nd Quartermaster Battalion stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., poses for a picture with retired U.S. Air Force and Army Air Corps Chief Master Sgt. Paul Kerchum, a survivor of the original Bataan Death March, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25, 2018. Kerchum spent three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese Army during World War II. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tom Piernicky)