Coast Guard honors the loss of CG-1705 crewmembers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A Coast Guardsman pays respect to his fallen shipmate during a memorial ceremony Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The memorial was for the Coast Guard and Marine Corps aircrews who lost their lives in a mid-air collision the evening of Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christina Bozeman.

 

Donations to relief and scholarship funds for the families of the air crews lost in this incident may be made to the Coast Guard Foundation and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.  Anyone wishing to contribute these funds should get more information from the following web sites: www.coastguardfoundation.org www.marine-scholars.org

 

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