One of those six Army members who perished in the helicopter crash on Portage Glacier while assisting victims of the “Good Friday earthquake: ferrying relief supplies to Whitter during “Operation Helping Hand” in 1964, was Lt. Robert J. Gilbert.
Alaska's News Source is telling Alaska's storyWHITTIER, Alaska - At the Princess Cruise Ship Terminal, the community of Whittier held its first-ever Memorial Day ceremony in recent memory.
The Army servicemembers perished in a helicopter crash on Portage Glacier while assisting victims of the Good Friday earthquake. One of the men who died ferrying relief supplies to Whitter during “Operation Helping Hand” was Lt. Robert J. Gilbert. “It blows me away. Just the fact that it was 60 years ago. You know, there’s probably not a lot of people walking around Whittier right now that know much of that story, and so people are gonna hear it. And that, that really just fills me up with with gratitude,” Scott Gilbert said.“If it weren’t for the servicemen, we wouldn’t have a country, and there’s just no way we should not honor all the servicemen who have been in the service, are going to be in the service,” Lynn Gilbert said.
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