Two caskets, each carrying the remains of a Space Shuttle Columbia crewmember, sit atop their sepulchral outside the 93rd Bomb Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Building at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), as Commander (CDR) Harold Robinson, US Navy Reserve (USNR) Chaplain and two US Air Force (USAF) Chaplains from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) prepare to offer prayers. Barksdale AFB personnel held Ceremonies honoring each of the Columbia Space Shuttle crewmembers as they are returned to their families

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Two caskets, each carrying the remains of a Space Shuttle Columbia crewmember, sit atop their sepulchral outside the 93rd Bomb Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Building at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), as Commander (CDR) Harold Robinson, US Navy Reserve (USNR) Chaplain and two US Air Force (USAF) Chaplains from the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) prepare to offer prayers. Barksdale AFB personnel held Ceremonies honoring each of the Columbia Space Shuttle crewmembers as they are returned to their families

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Barksdale Air Force Base

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A. Kaplan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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02/02/2003
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The U.S. National Archives
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