Keever - US Air Force

Item Set

Items

• SH-3A Sea King helicopter
  Original caption: "An SH-3A Sea King Helicopter from the attack carrier USS Bon Homme Richard races to rescue a downed U.S. Air Force pilot from an inland ridge east-northeast of Hai Phong, North Vietnam, May 23. The Sea King is a unit of helicopter squadron two, search and rescue detachment presently on station off the coast of North Vietnam." A US Navy helicopter flies over the open ocean.
• Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend embracing U.S. Air Force rescue pilot 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk
  Original caption: "Hq 2AD Tan Son Nhut Afld, RVN - Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend (left), of West Palm Beach, Fla., Navy pilot rescued from North Vietnam following bailout from his strike aircraft July 28, is all smiles as he embraces U.S. Air Force rescue pilot 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk of Manhattan Beach, Calif. Lieutenant Turk's rescue helicopter snatched the Navy flyer from capture or death with only moments to spare." Two American pilots standing side-by-side embracing.
• Article contrasting American aggression and the neutralist South Vietnamese
  Original title: "analysis." Article by Keever contrasting the increasing aggression of the American forces and the neutralist South Vietnamese government
• Article on the parallel bombardment and guerrilla campaigns
  Original title: "analysis." Article by Keever on the interplay between the parallel wars of American/North Vietnamese bombardment and American/South Vietnamese/Viet Cong guerrilla warfare
• Article on the effect of North Vietnam bombings on government tensions
  Original title: "government." Article by Keever on the effect of North Vietnam bombings on government tensions
• Soviet-built tank
  Original caption: "Saigon - Soviet-Built Tank - This Soviet-built tank was sight on Feb. 7, in the vicinity of Khe Sanh, by U.S. Air Force reconnaissance pilots." A very poor quality aerial photo of a vehicle in a field.
• Article about North Vietnam moving troops into South Vietnam
  Original title: "bomb", Keever's title: "Trucks Carry North Vietnamese Troops into the South." Article draft about the US suspending its bombing campaign in the North as more Communist troops move in using trucks. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Second article about Khe Sanh, focusing on US bombings
  Original title: "Air", Keever's title: "A Moonscape of U.S. Bomb Craters Marks Khe Sahn." Article draft about American aerial and bombing operations in and around Khe Sahn. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about bombing raids in the Vietnam War
  Original title: "raids", Keever's title: "Communist-Hunted[?] 'Filthy B-52s' Moonscape Vietnam's Jungles." Article draft about the effects of bombing raids in the Vietnam War. Written for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about reduction of American bombing in Vietnam
  Original title: "air", Keever's title: "LBJ's Reducing North Vietnamese Pounding Irks US Military." Article draft about President Johnson's reduction of air and naval bombardment in the Vietnam War, for the Christian Science Monitor
• Article about heavy weapons being brought into South Vietnam by Communists
  Keever's title: "Communists moving in 'bigger and heavier weapons' during bombing pause, says U.S. Air Force General", article about heavy weapons being brought into South Vietnam by Communists, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Article about mysterious threatening phone calls to family of American pilots
  Keever's title: "U.S. pilots bombing North Vietnam fret over Vietniks", article about mysterious threatening phone calls to mothers and wives of American pilots, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Article about Batman aviators
  Original title: "Batman", Keever's title: "Batman Fliers' Low-Level Television Zooms over South Vietnam Skies to Spot Infilatration", Article about Batman aviators, equipped with super sensitive surveillance equipment, published for North American Newspaper Alliance
• Saigon Urges U.S. to Resume Bombing Soon
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about Saigon requesting that America put more pressure on North Vietnam and resume air strikes, page unknown
• B-52 Raid Is Biggest Since '45; B-52 Raid Sets Record
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the largest United States bombing raid since the bombing over Nagasaki, pages 1 and 14
• Reds Capture U.S. Pilot; Cong Ambush
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the claims by Communist forces that an American pilot had been captured and that allied forces illegally attacked Cambodia. Communist forces had used the attack on Cambodia as a reason for an ambush of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces by the Việt Cộng, page unknown
• The Choppers Prove their Use in War
  Article about the successes of helicopters in Vietnam, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Article about helicopter transportation in South Vietnam
  Keever's title: "'Banana-Boat' Chopper Crews end First Year of Bullets -- Even Bamboo Grows", Article draft about helicopter transportation in South Vietnam, for Newsweek Magazine
• Article about helicopters in the Vietnam War
  Keever's title: "Helicoptering over Jungle Tree-tops", Article draft about helicopters in the Vietnam War, for the Associated Press
• Article about Sgt. Johnnie G. Lee
  Keever's title: "Crew Chief Makes it Home for a Heartbreaking Christmas in a Casket", Article draft about Sgt. Johnnie G. Lee who was killed in action, for Newsweek Magazine
• Article about Sgt. Johnnie G. Lee
  Keever's title: "Crew Chief Makes it Home for a Heartbreaking Christmas in a Casket", Article draft about Sgt. Johnnie G. Lee who was killed in action, for Newsweek Magazine
• F-105 Thunderchiefs
  Original caption: "Flights of F-105 Thunderchiefs, similar to those shown above, yesterday (March 19), bombed the Viet Tri thermal power plant 38 miles north of Vietnam capital with 500 pound bombs. The Power plants jointly produce 28 per cent of the electrical power in North Vietnam." Four US Air Force jets flying in formation over a rural area.
• F-105 Thunderchiefs dropping bombs
  Original caption: "An Air Force reconnaissance aircraft took this unusual photograph of three F-105 Thunderchiefs dropping their bomb-load simultaneously during an air strike over North Vietnam." Three planes dropping bombs
• F-105 Thunderchiefs of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing bombing Ha Gia railroad bridge
  Original caption: "Railroad bridge knocked out - bombs from F-105 Thunderchiefs of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing Impact on the Ha Gia railroad bridge, 20 miles north of Hanoi. The bridge's center section and south end were severely damaged during the strike yesterday." Aerial photo of an air strike on a bridge over a river.
• Freight unloaded from C-141 Starlifter
  Original caption: "Saigon - Offload Starlifter - Air Force air freight specialists at Da Nang Air Base offload cargo of the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) from a C-141 Starlifter. Starlifters carried more than 4,000 men and 300 tons of cargo from Peterson Field, Colo., to Da Nang. The troops and cargo were then put aboard Air Force C-130 Hercules transports for movement to their final destination." A forklift lifts a palette of supplies out of an American Air Force plane.