Alaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew

Alaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew
GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre eggs in a walrus skin boat on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait when they saw a crippled airplane flying low. © Provided by The Associated Press This March 28, 2023, photo shows townspeople in Gambell, Alaska, waiting in a snowstorm on four-wheelers to transport Alaska National Guard personnel from the air strip to the school for a ceremony. Sixteen Alaska National Guard members were honored for helping rescue the 11 crew members of a Navy plane that was…

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