Former WWII B-24 bomber navigator Ed Weir reads a short speech in praise of his friend and former crewmate, Ben Kuroki, before the world premiere of the documentary film about Ben, "Most Honorable Son" is viewed by over 600 invited guests at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska on Aug 1st, 2007. By providing written eyewitness testimony to the Dept of the Army, Ed was one of the handful of Ben's living former comrades who was instrumental in getting Ben's last Distinguished Flying Cross medal upgraded to the Distinguished Service Medal in 2005.

Former WWII B-24 bomber navigator Ed Weir reads a short speech in praise of his friend and former crewmate, Ben Kuroki, before the world premiere of the documentary film about Ben, "Most Honorable Son" is viewed by over 600 invited guests at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska on Aug 1st, 2007. By providing written eyewitness testimony to the Dept of the Army, Ed was one of the handful of Ben's living former comrades who was instrumental in getting Ben's last Distinguished Flying Cross medal upgraded to the Distinguished Service Medal in 2005.