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MAJ. Skip Davenport, 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS), assists members of the first grade class at Stewardson-Strasburg School as they board an MC-130 Hercules aircraft for a tour. Members of the 8th SOS corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
Nichole Doehring leads MAJ. Skip Davenport through the crowd as he and other members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron are welcomed upon their arrival. The servicemen corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
MAJ. Skip Davenport, 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS), explains equipment in the cockpit of an MC-130 Hercules aircraft to first grade students from Stewardson-Strasburg School. The children are touring the aircraft with members of 8th SOS who flew the plane to Charleston. Members of the 8th SOS corresponded with the children while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
Mrs. Kay York, a teacher at Stewardson-Strasburg School, greets MAJ Skip Davenport as he and other members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron arrive to visit her first grade class. Children from the class corresponded with members of the squadron when the servicemen were stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
A boy welcomes his pen pal, a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron, with a banner. Children from the first grade at Stewardson-Strasburg School corresponded with with members with members of the squadron when the servicemen were stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
Katy Noffke talks with a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS) as she and her first grade classmates from Stewardson-Strasburg School accompany the servicemen on their bus ride to the airport. The children corresponded with the 8th SOS while the servicemen were stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Following their return from deployment, the men traveled to Illinois to meet and spend the day with their pen pals
Children welcome members of the 8th Special Operations Squadron to the Stewardson-Strasburg Grade School. The servicemen corresponded with first grade students at the school while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
Devan Mitchell sits atop the shoulders of a member of the 8th Special Operations Squadron. Squadron members corresponded with Devan and his first grade classmates at Stewardson-Strasburg Grade School while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
SGT. Roger Klink, 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS), autographs a scrapbook for Kyle Sentel, a first grade student at Stewardson-Strasburg School. Klink and other members of the 8th SOS corresponded with the students while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
MAJ. Skip Davenport, 8th Special Operations Squadron (8th SOS), hugs his pen pal, Nichole Doehring, following his arrival on base. Davenport and other members of the 8th SOS corresponded with first grade students from Stewardson-Strasburg School while stationed in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Now that they have returned from deployment, the men have traveled to Illinois to meet and spend a day with their pen pals
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD
Base: Charleston
State: Illinois(IL)
Country: United States Of America(USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Charles Taylor
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
21/05/1991
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