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KATHMANDU, Nepal - At approximately 10:00 a.m. (NST), Nepalese soldiers and service members from Joint Task Force 505 safely recovered two Nepalese soldiers and six U.S. Marines from the downed UH-1Y Huey helicopter, to the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Soldiers and Marines were honorably received at TIA and will be transported to the appropriate medical facilities to be properly identified by mortuary affairs personnel.
The Commander, Joint Task Force 505 would like to formally thank the people of Nepal and the Nepalese armed forces for their selfless dedication in the search and recovery of our fallen service members.
“I am honored to serve alongside the Nepalese soldiers and to call them my friends” said Lt. Gen John E. Wissler. “You never hesitated in the joint effort to bring our brothers home. Everyone united – the soldiers hiking through hazardous terrain, the pilots flying in uncertain weather conditions and the Nepalese Special Forces standing watch over our Marines on a mountain side at night. We honor our fallen comrades through our unselfish support to each other in this time of grief.”
Wissler went on to describe the fallen service members as “courageous, selfless individuals dedicated to the international Humanitarian Aid mission here in Nepal… whose memories will live on through the lives they touched during this disaster relief operation and in their previous service to their countries.”
| Date Taken: | 05.17.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 05.17.2015 08:13 |
| Story ID: | 163577 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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