Army Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak, Army Alaska commander and Lt. Col. Mark Sletten, Alaskan Command J3 Director of Operations visit Colony Glacier, Alaska, June 23, 2021. Operation Colony Glacier is an effort to recover the remains of service members and wreckage from a C-124 aircraft that crash landed in November 1952 with 52 military members on board. The wreckage was discovered in 2012 and a recovery effort has taken place each summer. This is the 9th year of recovery efforts. To date, 43 of the 52 service members have been identified.

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