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A US Air Force (USAF) Honor Guard places a coffin carrying the remains of a Space Shuttle Columbia crewmember on a sepulchral outside the 93rd Bomb Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Building at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), as Chaplains from the US Navy (USN) and the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) prepare to offer prayers. Barksdale AFB personnel held Ceremonies honoring each of the Columbia Space Shuttle crewmembers as they are returned to their families