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Medical evacuation Kenai Airport, Kenai 1950's

Photo taken on Kenai airport, note the WWII landing mat that was used until a strip was further surfaced. This picture from the Cheechako News shows a typical evacuation. Here Sp. Francis Becker, of Wildwood Station is being loaded into the L-20 for evacuation to Elmendorf AFB and 5040th Hospital. He had a badly cut and damaged leg from a skill saw accident.

Individuals

Sp. Francis Becker of Wildwood Army Station on stretcher, other unidentified. 

Collection

Cheechako News 

Location

Kenai, Alaska 

Date

1950's 

Photographer

Cheechako file photo 

Image Type

B&W print 

Dimensions

12 x 10 m 

Condition

good 

Identified By

Marge Mullen 

Date Cataloged

2/26/2001 

Archive Location

KPC Anthropology Lab 


Use Agreement and Restrictions

All of the photographs in this collection are for personal, educational, or research use only. These images cannot be used for political, commercial, or advertising purposes. At the present time the college does not have the capabilities to reproduce prints from the image scans. For technical inquiries, or to report errors, please contact webmaster@alaska.edu.

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