Richard Overton, igqala elidala leli lizwe kwiMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi kunye mhlawumbi indoda endala eMelika Uzibone izinto ezininzi kwiminyaka yakhe eyi-111, kodwa ngempela-veki kuye kwanyanzeleka athathe inqwelomoya yakhe yokuqala ngo jet yabucala.
NgoMgqibelo, nge-7 ka-Epreli, usomashishini wase-Austin uRobert F. Smith wabhabha i-Overton ngenqwelomoya yakhe yabucala eya eWashington D.C, apho wanikwa ukhenketho lwabucala lweMyuziyam kaZwelonke yeMbali neNkcubeko yase-Afrika.
Smith, onayo unikele malunga nezigidi ezingama-20 zeedola kumyuziyam kwaye yintsomi eyaziwayo, wayetyelele iOverton ekuqaleni kwaloo veki xa ugqirha wezilwanyana ekhankanyile angathanda ukubona imyuziyam ngenye imini. USmith ulungiselele ukubaleka ngenqanawa ukuya kumyuziyam ngosuku olulandelayo, ngokwe IWashington Post , ukumnika isipho sokugqibela se-112 sokuzalwa.
Olu tyelelo lwalungalibalekiyo kuOverton, utat'omkhulu owayelikhoboka ngaphambi kokufumana inkululeko eTennessee kwaye ekugqibeleni wazinza eTexas.