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Staff Sgt. Jason E. Stevens, detachment commander, Marine Security Guard detachment, U.S. Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal, reads about the six Marines who lost their lives in a helicopter mishap during Operation Sahayogi Haat, a humanitarian assistance disaster relief mission in Nepal following multiple earthquakes in April and May. In the ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal the Honorable Alaina B. Teplitz, Brig. Gen. Tracy W. King, commanding general, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and the Marine Security Guard Detachment dedicated the Heritage Room in the Marine House on the embassy grounds officially naming it ‘Vengeance Hall’. ‘Vengeance Hall’ will be named after the call sign of the UH-1Y Huey – ‘Vengeance 01’. The four aircrew Marines and helicopter belonged to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, from Camp Pendleton, Calif. The two other Marines on board were from Combat Camera, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Okinawa, Japan. Stevens is a native of Chester, Ill.
| Date Taken: | 11.06.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 11.06.2015 12:45 |
| Photo ID: | 2272490 |
| VIRIN: | 151106-M-FW066-227 |
| Resolution: | 4980x2976 |
| Size: | 5.52 MB |
| Location: | KATHMANDU, NP |
| Hometown: | CHESTER, ILLINOIS, US |
| Web Views: | 136 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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