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    Operation Colony Glacier 2023 [Image 9 of 25]

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    Operation Colony Glacier 2023

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    06.16.2023

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Donald Hudson  

    Alaskan NORAD Region/Alaskan Command/11th Air Force

    U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Smith, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, Glacier Mountaineering Team advanced military mountaineer, scales a crevasse wall after recovering human remains, personal effects and
    equipment between glacier ridges at Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 16, 2023. Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in November 1952
    with 52 military members on board. Following the inventory of items found, an honorable carry and dignified departure for the remains is conducted by the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Honor Guard and 673rd Medical Group personnel before being escorted to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (U.S. Air Force photo
    by Tech. Sgt. Don Hudson)

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    Date Taken: 06.16.2023
    Date Posted: 06.30.2023 19:55
    Photo ID: 7891313
    VIRIN: 230616-F-EZ530-1393
    Resolution: 6666x4449
    Size: 25.01 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US

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