Alaska-Cold War Shootdown

This March 28, 2023, photo shows JoAnn Kulukhon posing with two Alaska Heroism Medals presented posthumously to her uncles, Pvts. Luke and Leroy Kulukhon, during a ceremony in Gambell, Alaska. Sixteen Alaska National Guard members were honored for helping rescue the 11 crewmembers of a Navy plane that was shot down in 1955 by Soviet jet fighters and crash-landed about 8 miles from Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island, and 15 medals were presented posthumously. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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