Marine Lance Cpl. Sheldon M. Nelson, from Dillingham, Alaska, flew out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan May 6 and landed in Kathmandu, Nepal May 7. Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen landed in Nepal May 7 to begin an international joint-service humanitarian-aid mission after a magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. Nelson is a tactical switch board operator with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. ( Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Thor J. Larson/Released) Dillingham, Alaska, Native Responds to Nepal Earthquake 150507-

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Marine Lance Cpl. Sheldon M. Nelson, from Dillingham, Alaska, flew out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan May 6 and landed in Kathmandu, Nepal May 7. Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen landed in Nepal May 7 to begin an international joint-service humanitarian-aid mission after a magnitude earthquake hit Nepal on April 25. Nelson is a tactical switch board operator with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. ( Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Thor J. Larson/Released) Dillingham, Alaska, Native Responds to Nepal Earthquake 150507-M-MS007-020

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