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    New Totem Pole on Prince of Wales Island honors Alaska’s veterans [Image 10 of 47]

    New Totem Pole on Prince of Wales Island honors Alaska’s veterans

    KLAWOCK, AK, UNITED STATES

    08.17.2018

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda ONeal 

    Alaska National Guard Public Affairs   

    Veteran and Klawock elder Aaron Isaacs proudly stands in front of the AKARNG recruiting display table during a veteran totem pole raising celebration at the school gymnasium in the city of Klawock on Prince of Wales Island, Aug. 17, 2018. Isaacs, a former Alaska Army Guardsman and U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current member of the Alaska State Defense Force, came up with the idea of creating a totem pole to honor veterans. Isaacs, a former Alaska Army Guardsman and U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratrooper and current member of the Alaska State Defense Force, came up with the idea of creating the totem pole to honor veterans. Isaacs worked with local carver Jon Rowan, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, to come up with the design – complete with service branches and Prisoners of War-Missing In Action insignias, a 1960s-era U.S. Army Soldier, ancient warrior holding a double-headed dagger, an eagle and raven at the top, and a set of identification tags that veterans can pin unit crests and insignia to in the bottom of the totem pole. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 08.17.2018
    Date Posted: 08.29.2018 00:23
    Photo ID: 4684983
    VIRIN: 180817-Z-CA180-0046
    Resolution: 3648x5472
    Size: 3.09 MB
    Location: KLAWOCK, AK, US

    Web Views: 16
    Downloads: 4

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