Keever - US Air Force

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• 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.
• U.S. airmen celebrate Lt. Gen Joseph H. Moore's award of Silver Stars and Distinguished Flying Across at Ten Nhut Airfield
  Original caption: "Hq 2AD, Tan Son Nhut afld, RVN - U.S. Air Force's First Vietnam MIG Killers Whoop It Up - Following awards of Silver Stars and Distinguished Flying Across by 2d Air Division Commander Lt. Gen Joseph H. Moore at Ten Nhut Airfield today, members of the first U.S. Air Force flight to down Communist MIG Airfield jets whoop it up. Flight Commander Maj. Richard Hall of Forest Lake, Minn., gets a ride to the shoulders of other members of the flight, 1. 1st Lt. George Larson of Winter Haven, Fla.; Capt. Ronald C. Anderson of Fairbanks, Alaska; Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe of Detroit, Mich,; Capt. Thomas Roberts of LaGrange, Ga.; Capt. Harold Anderson of Yucaipa, Calif.; Major Hall; Capt. Arthur C. Clark of McAllen, Tex., and Capt. Wilbur Anderson of Tarboro N.C." A US Air Force pilot is carried on the shoulders of a group of other pilots, in front of a fighter jet.
• Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore awards Silver Star medals to pilots Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe and Capt. Thomas S. Roberts
  Original caption: "Hq 2AD, Tan Son Nhut Afld, RVN - Silver Stars for MIG Kills - Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore, commander of the 2d Air Division with headquarters here, awards Silver Star medals to F-4C aircraft commanders who downed two Communist MIG-type jets over North Vietnam yesterday. Accepting the awards are U.S. Air Force pilots Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe of Detroit, Mich., and Capt. Thomas S. Roberts of LaGrange, Ga. The MIGs were the first shot down by U.S. Air Force pilots in the Vietnamese conflict." US Air force pilots being given medals in front of an airplane. There are photographers in the foreground.
• 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.