Image: Memorial service for Arrow Air Flight 1285
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Description: Mourners looks on as members of the 101st Airborne Division carry a casket containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., into a hangar for a memorial service. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert.
Title: Memorial service for Arrow Air Flight 1285
Credit: DoD media image # DA-ST-87-05196
Author: SGT Vincent R. Kitts
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