Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard carry caskets containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., during out of a temporary morgue at Gander Airport. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in plane crash at airport. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Gander
State: Newfoundland (NF)
Country: Canada (CAN)
Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
16/12/1985
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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