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Date: July 20, 2010

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Photo Release: Local Coast Guard conducts memorial service for Sitka-based helicopter crew

 

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LA PUSH, Wash. – Rear Adm. Gary T. Blore, 13th Coast Guard District Commander, delivers remarks during the memorial service for the three fallen Coast Guardsmen of aircrew CG-6017 at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Wash., July 19, 2010. Lt. Cmdr. (select) Sean Krueger, Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Hoke and Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks perished July 7, 2010 when the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter they were in crashed off the coast of La Push. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White.

 

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LA PUSH, Wash. – An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., conducts a fly-by during the memorial service for the three fallen Coast Guardsmen of aircrew CG-6017 at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Wash., July 19, 2010. Lt. Cmdr. (select) Sean Krueger, Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Hoke and Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks perished July 7, 2010 when the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter they were in crashed off the coast of La Push. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White.

 

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LA PUSH, Wash. – Mrs. Narcissus Foster, of the Quileute Nation and Assistant Minister of the Shaker Church delivers the benediction during the memorial service for the three fallen Coast Guardsmen of aircrew CG-6017 at Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, Wash., July 19, 2010. Lt. Cmdr. (select) Sean Krueger, Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Hoke and Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Banks perished July 7, 2010 when the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter they were in crashed off the coast of La Push. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin White.

 

For more information on CG-6017 helicopter crew members click the link below
http://www.d13publicaffairs.com/go/doc/21/766443/

For more information on CG-6017 helicopter crash click the link below 
http://www.d13publicaffairs.com/go/doc/21/763411/

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