JBER in Alaska, May 31, 2023 - 1-509th and 3-509th Infantry Regiments jump together celebrating Geronimo unit lineage

U.S. Army Sgt. Luke Chelcun, a paratrooper assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, prepares 3-509th paratroopers to exit a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J aircraft assigned to the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VGMR) 153, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, during a jump over Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 31, 2023. Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment at Fort Polk, Louisiana, joined members from the 3-509th on their jump to celebrate the donation of items worn by World War II veteran Staff Sgt. Fred Durand, grandfather of current 1-509th paratrooper, 1st Lt. Seth Deltenre. Lt. Col. Kyle Spade, 3-509th commander, presented a plaque to Deltenre, as well as to Delentre’s great-aunt, and great-uncle, who is a Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, honoring the sacrifices that the Geronimo unit lineage made in the war efforts. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña)

Date

2023

Photographer / author

Arctic Warrior

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

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photograph

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5,229 × 3,486 pixels

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