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Vice President George Bush speaks as the body of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem arrives from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The family of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem stands with Vice President George Bush, left, during the arrival of the serviceman's body from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorist who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The flag-draped casket containing the body of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem is carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft by a Navy casket team upon the arrival from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorist who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The family of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem stands with Vice President George Bush, left, during the arrival of the serviceman's body from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed a temporary assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The flag-draped casket containing the body of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem is carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft by a Navy casket team upon the arrival from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorist who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The flag-draped casket containing the body of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stetham is carried from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft by a Navy casket team upon arrival from Beirut, Lebanon. Stetham was killed by terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the U.S

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

The family of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem stands with Vice President George Bush, left, during the arrival of the serviceman's body from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed an assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

Captain James W. Conte, Chaplain Corps, speaks as the body of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem arrives from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorists who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed a temporary assignment and was returning to the U.S

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Tesner Release Status: Released t More

The family of Steelworker 2nd Class (SW2) (DV) Robert D. Stethem stands with Vice President George Bush, left, during the arrival of the serviceman's body from Beirut, Lebanon. Stethem was killed by terrorist who hijacked TWA flight 847 in Athens, Greece, where he had just completed a temporary assignment and was returning to the US

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Douglas P. Tesner Release Status: More

Well-wishers look on as former TWA hostages board a chartered TWA flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The 39 US citizens who had been held captive for 16 days in Beirut, Lebanon, by Shiite Moslem terrorists

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

The US Navy Dive Team on board the Navy salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) get dressed in their gear as they prepare for another dive during search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: R More

The US Navy Dive Team on board the Navy salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) get dressed in their gear as they prepare for another dive during search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: R More

The Salvage and Rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) operates in Moriches Inlet, Long Island, New York, in support of US Navy diving and recovery efforts where the ill-fated TWA flight 800 crashed on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: R More

US Navy Diver Hull Technician 2nd Class (DV) Brad Fleming is being prepared for his next dive during search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site, HT2 Fleming is assisted by CHIEF Damage Control Technician (DV) Michael Bossler, left, and AME3 (DV) Dane Doolittle, right. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: R More

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartelli (right) holds an underwater speaker called a "bone phone" to US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler's head so he can experience the sounds and characteristic of a "pinger locator" prior to his dive. Wheeler (center) and Bartelli are both attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown), and are diving with the Navys salvage and rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation crew to support 24-hour diving operations. Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, from Charleston, South Carolina, stationed aboard the USS Grasp, holds the Datasonics "pinger locator" in a tub of water to simulate sound. The Remote ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class Anthony Bartelli (right) holds an underwater speaker called a "bone phone" to US Navy Hull Technici More

MASTER Diver, US Navy Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, assigned as MASTER-Diver on board the US Navys salvage ship USS GRASP (ARS 51), checks "red diver's" EGS (Emergency Gas System) valve. Prior to every dive he checks his divers' equipment to ensure they are fully prepared for any unforseen emergencies during their hour-long mission 120 feet below. US Navy Damage Controlman 1ST Class John Frush is also stationed on Grasp and is filling the position of "primary tender" to help dress and undress each diver, and "tend" to the diver's "umbilical" life line. The Grasp is conducting "diving operations" around the clock in support of efforts to salvage wreckage and victims from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Master Diver, US Navy Boatswains Mate Chief Donald Dennis, assigned as Master-Diver on board the US Navys salvage ship USS GRAS More

US Navy Damage Controlman 1ST Class John Frush assists a diver into his suite during preparations for Surface Decompression on Oxygen dives, at the TWA Flight 800 crash site 120 feet below. Although Frush is not a diver, everyone on the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) assists in the safe "dressing" of divers and the handling of their "umbilicals" as they move about the ocean floor. The boots weigh less than 10 pounds each; most of the diver's weights are carried in his Integrated Diving Vest (IDV), which also holds emergency air, referred to as "come home bottle". TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Grasp (ARS 51) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Glen J. Hurd, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler (right), adjusts the cuff to his protective suit, while getting ready to make his dive. He is one of the divers from the US Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, sent to assist the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) in continuous diving operations over the crash site of TWA flight 800. His primary "tender" US Navy Quarter MASTER 1ST Class Cass Schussler is one of the divers sent from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit Two, Little Creek, Virginia. Schussler's job is especially important, while assisting divers in and out of their dive gear, ensuring a safe dive and timely undressing for the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Hull Technician 1st Class Patrick Wheeler (right), adjusts the cuff to his protective suit, while getting ready to make More

US Navy Hull Technician 1ST Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to last-minute instructions on the "pinger locator" before starting his next dive. Wheeler is assigned to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39), and is diving from the Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) as part of an augmentation force to facilitate 24-hour diving operations. US Navy Boatswains Mate CHIEF Donald Dennis, stationed aboard the Grasp, displays the Datasonics "pinger locator", used to locate Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The ROVs role in finding bodies from the crash of TWA flight 800 has been a tremendous asset for his divers responsible for a gruesome yet important task. Instead of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Hull Technician 1st Class Patrick Wheeler (right) listens to last-minute instructions on the "pinger locator" before st More

US Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class Brad Fleming (left) helps US Navy Lieutenant Christopher Davison (right) fasten the Integrated Diver's Vest (IDV) around US Navy Engineman CHIEF Kevin Oelhafen (center). While all three divers are from different commands; Fleming is attached to the submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) Norfolk, Virginia, Oelhafen is with the Mobile Diving Salvage Unit -Two, Little Creek, Virginia, and Davison is assigned to the salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51), they represent the effort of several east coast diving commands assisting in 24-hour diving operations, at the TWA flight 800 crash site. CHIEF Oelhafen had the good fortune of locating one ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class Brad Fleming (left) helps US Navy Lieutenant Christopher Davison (right) fasten the Integrate More

US Navy Divers work as a team to properly don and check each suite during preparations for Surface Decompression on Oxygen dives on the TWA Flight 800 crash site 120 feet below. The boots weigh less than 10 pounds each; most of the diver's weights are carried in his Integrated Diving Vest (IDV), which also holds emergency air, referred to as "come-home bottle". TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Glen J. Hurd, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Coast Guard Crewman takes a water sample on board Coast Guard Utility Boat #41395, during small boat operations at the US Coast Guard Station, East Moriches, Long Island. Divers from the New York City and State Police prepare to board other similar craft during search and recovery operations near the TWA Flight 800 Crash site. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: More

US Navy Lieutenant Commander Rowland Huss (center), a Salvage Operations Officer, conducts an early morning brief for dive teams preparing for the days next event. Teams from the US Navy and New York Police Department are participating in salvage and recovery operations, for the ill-fated TWA Flight 800, which crashed after take-off from New Yorks Kennedy airport, July 17, 1996

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Withrow, USN Release Status: More

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav More

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav More

US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Navys salvage rescue ship USS GRASP (ARS 51) (not shown), assigned to initiate diver search and recovery operations at the TWA Flight 800 crash site. Bartelli is stationed on the Navys submarine tender USS EMORY S. LAND (AS 39) (not shown) home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, and is temporarily assigned to Grasp to augment and support 24 hour sustained diving operations. This dive, conducted the morning of July 29th, resulted in the location and recovery of three more victims, found in the scattered debris along the ocean floor. TWA flight 800 crahed in the Atlantic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy Engineman 2nd Class, Diver, Anthony Bartelli "walks on the bottom." One hundred and twenty feet above him is the US Nav More

A high wide angel view of aircraft parts, recovered from TWA Flight 800 inside the Grumman Reconstruction Facility at Calverton, New York

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Calverton State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Withrow Release Status: Released t More

A wide angel view of aircraft parts, recovered from TWA Flight 800 inside the Grumman Reconstruction Facility at Calverton, New York

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Calverton State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Wtihrow Release Status: Released t More

A close up view of aircraft parts, including the landing gear section, recovered from TWA Flight 800 at the Grumman Reconstruction Facility at Calverton, New York

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Calverton State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Wtihrow Release Status: Released t More

US Navy MASTER Diver Eric Frank and Diver James Mariano from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2 are inside a diving cage being lowered into the water at TWA Flight 800 crash site

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Ronald S. Flanders Release Status: Releas More

A US Navy rigid-hulled inflatable (RIB) boat pull along side a Suffolk County, NY Police patrol craft, as Navy divers depart US Coast Guard Station East Moriches, Long Island, NY for TWA flight 800 crash site

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cynthia Parker Civilian Release Status: Relea More

US Navy PETTY Officer 2ND (PO2) Class Travis OLeary (left) watches as PO2 Kai Fornes programs critical navigational information in a global positioning satellite transceiver. Both PO2 OLeary and Fornes are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Six, Charleston, SC supporting search and recovery efforts for TWA flight 800 crash site

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Cynthia Parker Civilian Release Status: Relea More

A close up view of a fellow diver using a soap and water solution on the helmet of US Navy Diver James Mariano as he prepares to resume diving at TWA Flight 800 crash site

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Ronald S. Flanders Release Status: Releas More

US Navy Boatswains Mate 1ST Class, Diver, Matthew Rotan, talks to fellow Navy divers 120 feet below on the ocean floor, using the radio system onboard the SAFE GUARD CLASS SALVAGE SHIP USS GRAPPLE (ARS 53) during search and recovery operations for TWA Flight 800

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moriches Inlet State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Roland S. Flanders Release Status: Releas More

US Navy Admiral (ADM) William Flanagan, Commander and CHIEF US Atlantic Fleet, congratulates the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), James Kallstrom for his role in the Search and Recovery Operation of TWA Flight 800 which crashed off the coast of New York

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PO1 David Tilton Release Sta More

US Navy Admiral (ADM) William Flanagan, Commander in CHIEF, US Atlantic Fleet shakes hands with Captain (CAPT) Ray Scott McCord after presenting him with the Legion of Merit Medal. CAPT McCord was awarded the Medal for his roll as Supervisor of the Salvage and Recovery Operation of TWA flight 800 crash

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PO1 Alexander C. Hicks Relea More

US President William Jefferson Clinton (right) shakes hands with US Navy (USN) Captain (CAPT) Raymond McCord, supervisor of salvage and diving for the Naval Sea Systems Command, responsible for on-scene technical support during underwater recovery operations for Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

Members of the Navy’s Underwater Construction Team

Members of the Navy’s Underwater Construction Team ONE, Detachment NOVEMBER MIKE ’85 listen to remarks during a Prisoner of War Medal Ceremony April 24 on the Fort McNair portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Ha More