Fort Campbell officials introduced a Gander Memorial expansion plan, Friday, to Families and veterans in town for the 30th anniversary of the crash that claimed the lives of 248 Soldiers and eight crewmembers, Dec. 12, 1985.
During a time of year when many Families are hanging wreaths to lend an air of festivity to the holiday season, a large group gathered at Fort Campbell’s Task Force 3-502nd Memorial Tree Park Saturday to lay a different wreath – one to honor the 248 Soldiers and eight crew members who lost t…
On Dec. 12, 1985, then-Spec. 4 Robin Scott was awaiting the arrival of Arrow Air Flight 1285, scheduled to bring 248 Soldiers home following a 6-month peacekeeping mission to the Sinai Peninsula in the Middle East.
Thirty years ago, Saturday, 248 Soldiers assigned or attached to 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, died in an airplane crash that remains the most fatal in U.S. military history.
Published in the Fort Campbell Courier Dec. 12, 1985
Theodore Travis Sr. and his wife Cynthia were high school sweethearts who fell in love in 1973. About 10 years later, Theodore wanted to do what was best for his Family. Jobs were slim at the time in Niagara Falls, New York, so he transitioned to life as an active-duty Soldier after serving …
Drops of rain pattered on the roof of the Don F. Pratt Museum recently as two retired 101st Airborne Division Soldiers reverently looked at a colorful wall hanging.
Published in the Fort Campbell Courier Dec. 19, 1985
In the mid-1980s, Robert Smith was a Military Police corporal with the Canadian Forces stationed at Canadian Forces Base Gander, Newfoundland. At the time there were only about 500 service members stationed at the base, including a detachment of about 30 U.S. Navy sailors.
When in the journalism business, one acclimates to the fact that tragedy can befall a community without a moment’s notice. It is an unpleasant piece of reality that comes with the profession. But when that national tragedy makes its way to a personal level, it can change things completely, a…
The following Soldiers died in the plane crash at Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, Dec. 12, 1985. Ranks confirmed by the Defense Casualty Information System.
Any passerby may view the trees planted on the corner of Screaming Eagle Boulevard and Tennessee Avenue as an ordinary, insignificant grove. But to 101st Airborne Division Soldiers and veterans, the meaning of those trees are as deeply-rooted as the foundation they have sprouted on.
Published in the Fort Campbell Courier Dec. 19, 1985
In the mid-1980s, Robert Smith was a Military Police corporal with the Canadian Forces stationed at Canadian Forces Base Gander, Newfoundland. At the time there were only about 500 service members stationed at the base, including a detachment of about 30 U.S. Navy sailors.
When in the journalism business, one acclimates to the fact that tragedy can befall a community without a moment’s notice. It is an unpleasant piece of reality that comes with the profession. But when that national tragedy makes its way to a personal level, it can change things completely, a…
Drops of rain pattered on the roof of the Don F. Pratt Museum Monday afternoon as two retired 101st Airborne Division Soldiers reverently looked at a colorful wall hanging.
Theodore Travis Sr. and his wife Cynthia were high school sweethearts who fell in love in 1973. About 10 years later, Theodore wanted to do what was best for his Family. Jobs were slim at the time in Niagara Falls, New York, so he transitioned to life as an active-duty Soldier after serving …
