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Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Apolinar, right, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, speaks with veteran and Klawock elder Aaron Isaacs during a veteran totem pole raising celebration at the school gymnasium in the city of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, Aug. 17, 2018. Isaacs, a former Alaska Army Guardsman and U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current member of the Alaska State Defense Force, came up with the idea of creating the totem pole to honor veterans. Isaacs worked with local carver Jon Rowan, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, to come up with the design – complete with service branches and Prisoners of War-Missing In Action insignias, a 1960s-era U.S. Army Soldier, ancient warrior holding a double-headed dagger, an eagle and raven at the top, and a set of identification tags that veterans can pin unit crests and insignia to in the bottom of the totem pole. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)
| Date Taken: | 08.17.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 08.29.2018 00:23 |
| Photo ID: | 4684981 |
| VIRIN: | 180817-Z-CA180-0043 |
| Resolution: | 3648x5472 |
| Size: | 3.05 MB |
| Location: | KLAWOCK, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 6 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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New Totem Pole on Prince of Wales Island honors Alaska’s veterans
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