Arlington chaplain Colonel (COL) Richard K. Hum, USAF, presents the US flag which draped the casket of MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Evander Earl Andrews, USAF; Operation ENDURING FREEDOM's first reported American casualty, to his widow Judy, accompanied by their children and his parents, Mary and Obder Andrews, at Arlington National Cemetery. MSGT Andrews, 36, Solon, Maine, was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, as a heavy equipment operator. He died on October 10, 2001, in a forklift accident while building an airstrip in Aludeid, Qatar, in the Persian Gulf
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Arlington National Cemetery
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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22/10/2001
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