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
Summary
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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Date
23/04/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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