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For more than 60 years, Airmen have flown over Micronesia around Christmas, dropping donated goods in makeshift bundles to help more than 30,000 islanders inhabiting tiny islands spread across an area roughly the combined size of Alaska and Texas. The yearly endeavor, called Operation Christmas Drop, is the longest-running humanitarian airlift mission in the world.
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Voices in order of appearance:
Capt. Dereck Monnier
36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules pilot and aircraft commander
Hometown: Little Falls, Minnesota
Col. Mark August
374th Airlift Wing Commander
Hometown: North Kingstown, R.I.
Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie
36th Force Support Squadron career assistance advisor and independent photographer
Hometown: Highlands, N.C.
Capt. Mitchell Foy
President, Operation Christmas Drop (non-profit org)
Hometown: ?
Tech. Sgt. Landon Soles
374th Logistics Readiness Squadron rigger
Hometown: Stryker, Ohio
Production Credits:
Produced by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse
Air Force photos and video by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse
Island imagery courtesy of Master Sgt. Cameron Leslie
Historical imagery courtesy of the 36th Wing historian office
Music by Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse. Also available in high definition.
| Date Taken: | 12.20.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 12.21.2012 14:19 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 194164 |
| VIRIN: | 121220-F-NW635-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_100672313 |
| Length: | 00:04:12 |
| Location: | GU |
| Hometown: | HIGHLANDS, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA, US |
| Hometown: | NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, US |
| Hometown: | STRYKER, OHIO, US |
| Downloads: | 17 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 17 |
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