After 82 years, Technical Sergeant Charles C. Palmer, Jr. was laid to rest with full military honors at Sarasota National Cemetery on June 8, 2026 — the final chapter of a story that began when his B-24 went down on the Kassel Mission of September 27, 1944. Pam Watson, daughter of Charles's 98-year-old first cousin Bonnie Rolquin, shares the family's unforgettable account of the day he came home.