The Mule visits with Tom “Tucker” Ruth II about his uncle, Tom Ruth, a Jackson native and decorated World War II pilot in the Pacific who will finally be laid to rest soon at Riverside Cemetery.

Jackson, Minnesota native Thomas Ruth, who died while on an aerial mission in the Pacific during World War II, will be buried with full military honors in Jackson on Wednesday, May 27. The burial will take place at Riverside Cemetery, 300 Highway 71 S, at 11 a.m.