The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 22, 1997, Image 2

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Days be
fore his A-10 Thunderbolt disap
peared, Air Force Capt. Craig But
ton wrote to friends that he loved
flying the warplane and that his
training was going well.
“It was a very upbeat letter,”
Ben Pingenot was quoted as say
ing in Monday’s San Antonio Ex
press-News.
Ben and Rozetta Pingenot live in
Fort Clark Springs near Laughlin Air
Force Base, where Button was sta
tioned. The base is about 150 miles
west of San Antonio near Del Rio.
The Pingenots rented half their
1870s limestone house to Button
for 11 months until he moved to
Tucson, Ariz., in February to train
on the A-10.
Button, 32, and his plane have
been missing since April 2, when
he took off from Tucson on a rou
tine training mission and veered
north, heading to Colorado. A he
licopter crew spotted wreckage in
the mountains southwest of Vail,
Colo., Sunday that officials say is
likely Button’s plane.
The Pingenots received a letter
from Button on April 3. In it, Button
said nothing to indicate he was de
pressed.
“We read it and we shed some
tears,”'Ben Pingenot said.
“He loved the A-10. He said most
of his flying was low, around 500 feet.
And it said he would be dropping live
500-pound bombs that week. There
was absolutely nothing in the letter
that would indicate depression or
anything like that,” he said.
The Pingenots said they will al
ways be haunted by the question of
why Button broke formation with
other jets and veered off course
during the A-10 training mission.
“It’s baffling,” BenPingenot said.
“Nothing in his demeanor would
make anyone think he was any
thing but a dedicated Air Force of
ficer and a true-blue American.”
“He had to be incapacitated in
some way, either physically or
mentally ... What he supposedly
did is totally contrary to the man
we knew.”
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► This day in history
Today is Tuesday, April 22, the 112th day of 1997.
There are 253 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1509, Henry VIII ascended the throne of England
following the death of his father, Henry VII.
In 1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase
“In God We Trust” on U.S. coins.
In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon
as thousands of homesteaders staked claims.
In 1898, the first shot of the Spanish-American War
rang out as the L/SS Nashville captured a Spanish mer
chant ship off Key West, Fla.
In 1930, the United States, Britain and Japan signed
the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine
warfare and limited shipbuilding.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began in
vading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious
landings near Hollandia.
In 1954, the televised Senate Army-McCarthy hear
ings began.
In 1964, President Johnson opened the New York
World’s Fair.
In 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the
environment observed the first “Earth Day.”
In 1993, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was
dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of
Nazi extermination.
► Today's birthdays
Actor Eddie Albert is 89. Violinist Sir Yehudi Menuhin
is 81. Singer Glen Campbell is 61. Actor Jack Nichol
son is 60. Actor-writer Jason Miller is 58. Country
singer Cleve Francis is 52. Movie director John Waters
is 51. Singer Peter Frampton is 47. Actor Joseph Bot
toms is 43. Actor Chris Makepeace is 33.
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Tonight’s Expected Low
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