Vietnam veterans ask for help, donations in caisson repair

Published: 05/20/2008

The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 278 is asking for either donations or a company interested in helping repair a caisson, which received damage during a 2004 building fire in downtown Texarkana.

The vintage caisson dates at least to Texarkana’s 1929 Union Station building.

It was used during and after World War II to carry the remains of deceased servicemen brought back for home burial.

More recently, the caisson was used in 1994 and 1995 to carry the remains of two World War II veterans returned home for burial.

It was also used in 1997 w...

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