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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/03/1985
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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