Army Col. John Hope, a veteran of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment and the Sinai peacekeeping mission speaks to some ladies, during the Gander Memorial ceremony at the memorial site, Fort Campbell, Ky., Dec. 12, 2015. The ceremony honored the 248, 3rd Battalion Soldiers who lost their lives in a tragic plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada on Dec. 12, 1985. The Soldiers were returning from a six-month peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula. The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of this tragedy. Hope is wearing the distinctive orange Multinational Force and Obse


Army Col. John Hope, a veteran of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment and the Sinai peacekeeping mission speaks to some ladies, during the Gander Memorial ceremony at the memorial site, Fort Campbell, Ky., Dec. 12, 2015. The ceremony honored the 248, 3rd Battalion Soldiers who lost their lives in a tragic plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada on Dec. 12, 1985. The Soldiers were returning from a six-month peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula. The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of this tragedy. Hope is wearing the distinctive orange Multinational Force and Observers beret that he wore when he deployed on the peacekeeping mission to the Sinai in the mid-1980’s. ( Army Photo by Sam Shore/Released)


Size: 3900px × 2700px
Photo credit: © AB Forces News Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 30th, anniversary, ceremony, gander, memorial