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==Combat Skyspot Memorial== Nineteen [[technician]]s of the [[1st Combat Evaluation Group]] were lost in ground combat.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://combat-skyspot.tripod.com/CSS.htm |title = Combat SkySpot |access-date = 26 July 2011 |author = 1CEVG member |work = unit history |publisher = Tripod |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101101231201/http://combat-skyspot.tripod.com/CSS.htm |archive-date = 1 November 2010 }}</ref> On September 21, 2010, President [[Barack Obama]] presented the [[Medal of Honor]] to the sons of Chief Master Sergeant [[Richard L. Etchberger]] for his actions in the [[battle of Lima Site 85]]. A memorial to all 1CEVG technicians is located directly behind the Arc Light memorial.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://limasite85.us/memorials1.html|title= The COMBAT SKYSPOT memorial at Andersen AFB Guam, September, 1999|access-date= 23 Sep 2010|author= member|work= unit history|publisher= limasite85.us|quote= The memorial consists of an AN/MSQ-77 (AN/TSQ-81) parabolic antenna poised at 45 degrees elevation…situated directly behind the ARC LIGHT Memorial, a B52D Stratofortress…. The aircraft and the radar are facing the Vietnam theater, in solemn tribute to the men who flew the weapons and the men who directed them over targets of opportunity.}}</ref>
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