Mourners look on as members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard place a casket containing the remains of a member of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., onto a bier for a memorial ceremony. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada, 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: 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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