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US Army pallbearers carry the casket of Major (MAJ) Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. into an aircraft during a departure ceremony on the flight line. Nicholson was shot and killed while on duty in East Berlin

Nearly 4,000 military and civilian personnel from across

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of one of the 47 sailors who died when an explosion ripped through the No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

U.S. Ceremonial Honor Guard, transport the late President

Members of a U.S. Army honor guard and color guard stand at attention as pallbearers carry the casket of MAJ. Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. to an aircraft during a departure ceremony in his honor. Nicholson was shot and killed while on duty in East Berlin. Standing on the left are his widow, Karyn, and daughter Jennifer

The flag draped coffin containing the body of MAJ Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. onboard a C-141 Starlifter that was used to fly the coffin from Rhein Main Air Base, Germany to Andrews AFB, Maryland. MAJ Nicholson was shot and killed while on duty in East Berlin. Exact Date Shot Unknown

An Army color guard stands at attention as pallbearers remove the caskets of three U.S. Army soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash in Korea on July 14, 1977

U.S. service members of the joint forces honor guard

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The body of Army LCOL Charles Ray is being carried from a VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft upon arrival. Ray was killed by terrorists in Paris DF-SC-83-06138

Wife of late Army LCOL Charles Ray, killed by terrorists in Paris, France, is comforted by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger as the body arrives at the base

Flight commander Major (MAJ) LeRoy Edwards, right, and copilot Captain (CPT) Richard S. Wharton talk with reporters after transporting former TWA hostages to the base aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The 39 US citizens had been held captive for 16 days in Beirut, Lebanon, by Shiite Moslem terrorists

American Airlines (AA) pilot Captain (CAPT) James C. Condes, shows his son Christopher, the inscribed pilot's name of the ill fated flight 77, CAPT Charles Burlingame, prior to a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery for the 184 victims of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon

A C-2 Greyhound aircraft carrying the body of LT. Mark Adam Lange takes off from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). LT. Lange was killed when his A-6 aircraft was shot down during a bombing raid over Lebanon

A view of the tail of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft from Military Airlift Command. The aircraft has just arrived at Gia Lam Airport to evacuate recently released prisoners of war to Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines

Flight operations on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91).

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 173rd Airborne

Group of pilots belonging to bombing squadron, No. 207, R.A.F. Ligescourt, France

The body of Army LCOL Charles Ray is being carried from a VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft upon arrival. Ray was killed by terrorists in Paris

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Andrews Air Force Base

State: Maryland (MD)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Tyler

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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An Army combat support boat used in setting up a portable ribbon bridge is displayed at the Department of Defense open house air show

Lt. Colonel Brown, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at lectern) speaks during the Memorial Service at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2002. More than 13,000 people attended the service, including U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, to remember those who lost their lives one year ago when terrorists crashed a commercial airliner into the Pentagon Building (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. Mark A. Suban) (Released)

U.S. Army LT. GEN. Ray Odierno (foreground, right), Commander, Multi-National Corps ' Iraq (MNC-I), walks with Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim (foreground, left), Iraqi Minister of Defense, through the Al Faw Palace, Baghdad Province, Iraq, on March 27, 2007, after the MNC-I Iraqi Partnership Dinner at Camp Victory, Baghdad Province, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Curt Cashour) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Kent Laughbaum (foreground left), Commander, 494th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), answers questions from members of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Look East Television Network, concerning the arrival of the Wings newly acquired F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The new Strike Eagle aircraft were flown from the manufacture by 494th Fighter Squadron (FS) aircrews and will be assigned to the unit

MGEN Edward C. Peter, commander of 5th Infantry Division (in background), presides over activation ceremonies for the 105th Battalion. LCOL Jay Vaugh, commander of the 105th Battalion (right), exchanges battalion colors with Command SGM Andrew Abernathy (left)

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Robert Baxter (left), USAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Phil Poulson, and USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Steve Friedricks all assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard (ANG), pose for a photograph in from of the Wings new C-130J Hercules, Tactical Transport Aircraft, at its new home at Channel Island Air National Guard Station (ANGS), California (CA)

Squadron Commander Dickie Druitt flies a British Royal Air Force VC-10 K3 fueling tanker on an air-to-air refueling mission with British GR-1 Tornado jets (Not shown) over Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia build-up

Aerial image of building 1535, 89th Air Wing Headquarters at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

Lt. Col. Alexander Heyman, Commander, 71st Student

A young male Iraqi child, attending the Al-Alkaa Primary School for Boys in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, shakes hands with US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Ted A. Ruane, Commanding Officer (CO), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, CA, after receiving a backpack. The 11th MEU SOC Marines (augmented with US Army (USA) 451st Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion (BN) Soldiers) are in Ad Diwaniyah to distribute more than 1,500 backpacks to children in five different schools during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ray Ashey, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Finance Office, 407th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq, charges his 9 mm M9 Pistol prior to departing his office to pay local national personnel during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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