Keever - US Air Force

Item Set

Items

• 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.
• Ground Proximity Extraction System cargo delivery
  Original caption: "Da Nang - Cargo Delivery - The trailing hook of a C-130 Hercules cargo load catches on the arresting cable that stretches across the Khe Sanh runway. The new cargo delivery technique, called Ground Proximity Extraction System, decreases the aircrafts exposure time to hostile fire." An American airplane flying very close to the ground drops supplies from its rear hatch. The supplies are mid-air, falling to the ground.
• U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules airdrops munitions
  Original caption: "Saigon - Container Delivery System - A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo transport airdrops 14 tons of munitions to the A Loui airstrip in the A Shau Valley, using the container delivery system (CDS). Under the CDS method, the pilot gives the "green light" at the appropriate time to his load master, who releases an extraction parachute. This canopy whips out and a knife attached to it shears the webbing which secures 14 pallets in the aircraft. At that exact point the pilot noses his aircraft upward and sends the pallets rushing out the open rear door." An airplane dropping what appears to be supplies with parachutes. There is a satellite dish and an antenna in the foreground.
• Rations airdrop
  Original caption: "Saigon - Here Comes the Goodies - An Army infantryman watches happily as more rations cascade into the drop zone at the A Loui airstrip in the A Shau Valley. The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) needed food after several days of fighting in the region, so C-130 Hercules transports were called upon from nearby Air Force installations to airdrop the supplies." An American soldier stands in a field near a pile of supplies. In the distance there are parachutes falling from the sky. It appears that the parachutes are dropping supplies, not personnel.
• Killed water buffalo
  Original caption: "Da Nang - Airman Second Class James M. Long Jr., left, 23, of Florence, Miss., holds up the head of the water buffalo he was forced to kill to protect Vietnamese Air Force Airman Second Class Trinh Han Cuong, who smilingly assisted him. The crazed animal was slain after it ran through the main gate to Da Nang air base and rampaged down streets, charging pedestrians and cycle riders." An American and a Vietnamese soldier stand in tall grass holding a dead water buffalo. They both hold rifles.
• Flag exchange
  Original caption: "Saigon - Bonds of Friendship - Air Force Lieutenant Everett S. Martin Jr., 25, (left) holds the Sea Swallow battle standard of Binh Hung which was presented to him when he became the first person from Newburyport, Mass., to visit the hamlet, the sister-city of the New England town. Martin presented Newburyport's Homecoming Flag to Father Nguyen Quang Huan, religious leader of the hamlet, and Vietnamese Army Major Nong Viet Ngoc, battalion commander of the Vietnamese regional forces. The two flags are flown over the hamlet." An American soldier and a Vietnamese soldier stand together holding up flags. They are standing in a village with villagers, children, nuns, and a catholic priest standing behind them.
• Air Force Major Paul A. Whelan and family
  Original caption: "Saigon - Doctor and Family - Air Force Major Paul A, Whelan, 38, Shreveport, La., poses with his wife and 11 children. The major, a C-7A Caribou pilot at Vung Tau, will return to the United States to receive, Feb. 4, his doctorate in history from St. Louis University. The family will be on hand for the graduation." A large American family sits on a couch and has their portrait taken. There are 11 children.
• Airman Edwin A. McClure and a Vietnamese boy drilling a bulkhead
  Original caption: "Cam Ranh Bay - Joint Effort - Airman Second Class Edwin A. McClure of Irving, Tex., gets assistance from a 10-year-old Vietnamese lad as he drills holes in the bulkhead of a newly constructed fishing pier. Fourteen members of he 485th Ground Electronics Engineering Installation (GEEIA) Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay spent six days working on the 180 food pier for the fisherman of My Ca village." A US airman using a hand drill with a Vietnamese boy. A beach with boats and fisherman is in the background.
• Michelin Plantation casualties being evacuated
  Original caption: "Saigon - Casualties suffered during a large encounter with Viet Cong forces in the Michelin Plantation area are loaded aboard a C-123 for evacuation." A group of soldiers, probably Pilipino, carry several soldiers on stretchers toward an American Air Force plane.
• Michelin Plantation casualties being evacuated
  Original caption: "Saigon - Casualties suffered during a large encounter with Viet Cong forces in the Michelin Plantation area are loaded aboard a C-123 for evacuation." A group of soldiers, probably Pilipino, carry several soldiers on stretchers toward an American Air Force plane.
• Plane and American soldiers in wreckage
  Several American soldiers stand in a group in front of a planes that has landed among the wreckage of Bien Hoa. The plane may have crashed, since it seems to be stained with smoke. (damaged)
• Soldiers and medic in wreckage
  Some soldiers and medical personnel walk away from the wreckage of Bien Hoa. One soldier is in American uniform and the other may be Australian. (damaged)
• American soldier in wreckage
  An American soldier walks away from a plane landed among the wreckage of Bien Hoa (damaged)
• Maj. Carl G. Schneider and Lt. Col. Carl H. Lee coordinating activities with Maj. Bill Burgin
  Original caption: "Maj. Carl G. Schneider (left), USAF chief of the Air Liaison/Forward Air Control Division, Joint Operation Center, Ten Son Nhut Air Base, and Lt. Col. Carl H. Lee (center), director Air Support Operations Center, III Corps Area, coordinate activities with Maj. Bill Burgin, air liaison advisor to the Republic of Viet Nam's 21st Army Division." Three US airmen discuss a document that they have laid out on the hood of a jeep.
• Colonel James S. Timothy and Sergeant Major Trinidad Prieto with a plaque
  Original caption: "Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, South Vietnam - Colonel James S. Timothy (left) of New Orleans, Louisiana, Commander, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, and his Sergeant Major, Trinidad Prieto (right) of Anderson, North Carolina, admire a plaque presented to the Colonel by Lieutenant General Coa-Van-Vien, Chief, Joint General Staff, Republic of Vietnam Air Force recently. The plaque tells of the Vietnamese peoples' appreciations of the 101st's 'Heroic and unselfish action in joining the free Vietnamese in resisting aggression by a common enemy.'" Two American soldiers hold up a crest and look at each other.
• VNAF Choctaws prepare to land
  Original caption: "Southeast Asia - Insertion - VNAF Choctaws "fan out" as they enter the landing zone, prepared earlier by units of the Free World Forces. Still, they encounter enemy fire on most missions." Seven helicopters fly toward the camera, over a field with several soldiers standing in it.
• Popular and Regional Forces board VNAF helicopter
  Original caption: "Southeast Asia - Popular and Regional Forces board VNAF helicopter prior to insertion deep in the Mekong Delta to route reported VC force." A group of soldiers board a helicopter.
• Army, Air Force, and Navy personnel discuss Nha Trang enemy forces
  Original caption: "Nha Trang - Summit at Sea - Representing three close partners in recent operations against enemy forces near Nha Trang, Army Captain Donald J. Banta, 27, Las Vegas (left); Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W Lentine, 45, San Jose, Calif., and Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) Joseph D. Lopez, 30, Central Valley, Calif. scan a chart of Nha Trang, where the action took place. Against a background of the area in which the three found and destroyed Charlie, the three represent Army artillery, Air Force Spooks and Navy harbor defense units that spotted Communists on the coastline." Three American military men stand together looking at a map and talking.
• EC-121D Warning Star
  Original caption: "Southeast Asia - On the Way - An EC-121D Warning Star of the College Eye Task Force heads out for its combat station over the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of the southern Panhandle of North Vietnam to provide airborne radar surveillance support of Air Force strikes in the southern Panhandle. The College Eye operation completed its third year of combat duty in Southeast Asia recently." US Air Force jet in flight.