A Nebraska Army National Guard helicopter may have hit something in midflight before it was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday evening near Hastings.
A Nebraska National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew loads sandbags on a sling near Nemaha, Nebraska, during the March 2019 floods. A similar one made an emergency landing Wednesday evening at the Greenlief Training Center near Hastings. None of the four crew members was hurt.
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Photos: World War II Higgins boat PA31-17 arrives at Nebraska National Guard Museum
Kenny Dabill of Blue Ox Millworks, right, hands a sheet of plywood to Gary Rolf and Steve Hambek as they work to uncover Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, from its shipping container outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
A look at stern of Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
Rich Eberspacher of Lincoln walks around Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, as it sits outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
Kenny Dabill of Blue Ox Millworks disassembles the wooden shipping container containing Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
A look the the ramp on Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
A look at the ramp latch on Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
A look at the hull of Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
A look at the hull of Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, is seen outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
Gary Rolf and James Dunsdon work to uncover Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, from its shipping box outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. Dunsdon discovered the LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California. The Cattle Bank & Trust and family members of the bank's late CEO, John Cattle, paid for the salvage and shipping of the "ghost ship" for display at the museum. John Cattle, a World War II infantry officer, took part in three amphibious assaults in Europe using the Higgins boats.
Kenny Dabill of Blue Ox Millworks, left, and Steve Hambeck, a volunteer with the Nebraska National Guard Museum, work to uncover Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, from its shipping box outside the museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
Higgins boat PA31-17, which saw action in seven World War II battles, is uncovered from its shipping container outside the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Monday. The LCVP (landing craft, vehicle, personnel) was discovered in 2021 half-submerged in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Northern California.
