1,000 Words: A Pet Reindeer In Nome, Alaska

NPR | By David Gilkey

Published December 13, 2013 at 11:11 AM EST

David Gilkey

David Gilkey and NPR's Afghan interpreter and fellow journalist Zabihullah Tamanna were killed June 5, 2016, near Marjah, in southern Afghanistan.

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