Alaska Army Guard Command Sgt. Maj. James Nyquist, right, and Capt. Walter Hotch-Hill, both with 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, speak with Klawock elder Aaron Isaacs, a former Alaska Army Guardsman and Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current member of the Alaska State Defense Force, on how he came up with the idea of the totem pole that would honor all veterans after the completion of the Veterans Totem Pole raising ceremony in the city of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, Aug. 18, 2018. Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard and Alaska State Defense Force particip

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Alaska Army Guard Command Sgt. Maj. James Nyquist, right, and Capt. Walter Hotch-Hill, both with 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, speak with Klawock elder Aaron Isaacs, a former Alaska Army Guardsman and Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current member of the Alaska State Defense Force, on how he came up with the idea of the totem pole that would honor all veterans after the completion of the Veterans Totem Pole raising ceremony in the city of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, Aug. 18, 2018. Members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard and Alaska State Defense Force participated in a three-day celebration honoring Alaska’s veterans and culminating with the Veterans Totem Pole raising ceremony.

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