Monday, August 20, 2018

900-mile memorial hike honors 16 lives lost in 2017 Miss., KC-130 crash

900-mile memorial hike honors 16 lives lost in 2017 Miss., KC-130 crash
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES
07.24.2018
Photo by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger
Marine Corps Installations East       

Family and friends of the seven U.S. Marine Raiders and nine Marine Aviator crew members who died in the July, 2017, KC-130 crash in Laflore County, Miss., hike on the shoulder of US-17 in Jacksonville, N.C., during a 900-mile memorial hike from Itta Bena, Miss., to Stump Sound Park, Sneads Ferry, N.C., July 24. 10 teams took turns hiking a continuous 24 hours until reaching Stump Sound Park, but the final stretch finished at the MARSOC Compound on MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger)

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