Members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to carry caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div., from hearses into a hangar for a memorial service. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were killed in a plane crash at the Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert