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Sgt. Craig Lyons, crew chief, Alaska Army National Guard, B Company, 2-211 General Support Aviation Battalion, helps unload two hundred sixty-one gift packages from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Buckland, Alaska during Operation Santa Claus, Dec. 14, 2021. Operation Santa Claus is an Alaska National Guard annual community outreach program that provides Christmas gifts, books, school supplies and stocking stuffers to children in rural Alaskan communities. This year marks the 66th year of the program, which began in 1956 after the village of St. Mary's experienced a year of hardship and the Alaska Air National Guard flew in gifts and supplies donated by the local community. The Alaska National Guard was able to continue the tradition this year and safely provide gifts despite COVID-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Chelsea Aspelund)
| Date Taken: | 12.14.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 12.21.2021 15:47 |
| Photo ID: | 6989703 |
| VIRIN: | 211214-Z-IG207-1016 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 4.2 MB |
| Location: | BUCKLAND, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 28 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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Alaska National Guard delivers holiday gifts to remote villages for 66th year
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