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An Alaska Air National Guardsman straps Alexander Kendr, a Soviet defector, into his seat in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Kendr and a companion, Anatoly Kachenko, forged documents which enabled the two men to join other journalist covering ceremonies for the arrival of the joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition in Little Diomede. By attending the event, they were able to seek out an Alaska National Guardsman and request asylum in the United States

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An Alaska Air National Guardsman straps Alexander Kendr, a Soviet defector, into his seat in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Kendr and a companion, Anatoly Kachenko, forged documents which enabled the two men to join other journalist covering ceremonies for the arrival of the joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition in Little Diomede. By attending the event, they were able to seek out an Alaska National Guardsman and request asylum in the United States

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Little Diomede

State: Alaska (AK)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Ed Boyce

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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23/04/1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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