Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard prepare to carry caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, out of a 437th Military Airlift Wng C-141B Starlifter aircraft. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battaliion were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Dover Air Force Base
State: Delaware (DE)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
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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