Berlin Airlift veteran provides firsthand account on 75th anniversary
Ralph Dionne, a Berlin Airlift veteran, flips through a scrapbook from his time in the U.S. Air Force during a visit with Col. Taona Enriquez, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., installation commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Desaulniers, acting as installation command chief, in his home in Nashua, N.H., June 26. As an aircraft mechanic during the Berlin Airlift, Dionne played an integral role in keeping the airlift mission airborne. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)