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U.S. Army Capt. David Reynhout, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, physician assistant and Operation Colony Glacier Mountaineering team member, places an ice anchor in preparation for his teammates to repel into a crevasse at the recovery site at Colony Glacier, Alaska, July 31, 2024. The captain and other search and recovery team members complete mountaineer training prior to support the operation. 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. As of May 2024, 47 of the 52 service members have been identified. The recovery effort has taken place every summer since 2012 by personnel from Alaskan Command, 11th Airborne Division, Alaska National Guard, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, U.S. Army Alaska, 673rd Air Base Wing, 3rd Wing and Detachment 1, 66th Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Don Hudson)
| Date Taken: | 07.31.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 08.14.2024 14:05 |
| Photo ID: | 8589505 |
| VIRIN: | 240731-F-EZ530-1015 |
| Resolution: | 5007x3331 |
| Size: | 8.39 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
| Web Views: | 35 |
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