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Builder 2nd Class James A. Corter inspects the title work of Jackson Saburo as the two work on a Civic Action Team project at McDonald Memorial Hospital, Palau. The team, composed of United States Navy construction battalion members, is deployed to the island to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Timmy W. Albrecht plays with pets from his base camp at Palau. Albrecht is a United States (US) Navy construction battalion member assigned to Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training

Residents of Peleliu wade out to recover a box dropped from a 374th Airlift Squadron aircraft during the delivery of boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

MASTER SGT. Paul "Doc" Armistead, a medical technician from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. checks the ears of Inaria Pulusou, a Chuukese girl. SGT. Armistead is a member of a thirteen man civic-action team, on 8-months temporary duty, and chartered to enhance the socio-economic development of Chuuk, while providing a U.S. military presence at this island 632 miles southeast of Guam. Exact Date Shot Unknown . Published in AIRMAN Magazine August 1997

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension lines on parachute prior to attaching packages to be delivered during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A Yapese villager fishes in a local river

Santa Claus (SSGT Ernest A. Allen) and another airman look down from the cargo bay of their C-130 Hercules aircraft, which is delivering donated Christmas gifts by parachute onto local islands. The presents were collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron

Santa Claus (SSGT Michael Kunch) waves from the pilot's seat of a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Donated Christmas gifts collected by volunteers from the 43rd Security Police Squadron, the 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron, and the 43rd Munitions Maintenance Squadron are being parachuted onto local islands

Members of the 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron check suspension lines on parachutes to be used during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

Boxes rigged with parachutes drift toward the water after being dropped from a 374th Airlift Squadron C-130 HErcules aircraft during the delivery of boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Children watch as a 374th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft makes a low-level pass over Peleliu while delivering boxes of gifts to islanders of the Federated States of Micronesia. Flown by crews from the 345th and the 21st Airlift Squadrons, the C-130 is participating in Christmas Drop '92, the 40th anniversary of the humanitarian effort. Every Christmas since 1952, food, clothing, tools and toys donated by residents of Guam have been delivered by air to 40 Micronesian islands

Santa Clause (CAPT. Mike d'Albertis, 605th Military Airlift Support Squadron) and STAFF SGT. Tony Thompson, loadmaster with the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, watch as a Christmas Drop container is parachuted toward its destination. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season