U.S. Marine assault transport helicopter lifts artillery during Operation Recon Star

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02569
Title: U.S. Marine assault transport helicopter lifts artillery during Operation Recon Star
Description: Original caption: "Up and Away - A U.S. Marine assault transport helicopter from the assault ship to USS Princeton lifts artillery to the beach during the vertical envelopment phase of Operation Recon Star, 21 miles southeast of the demilitarized zone." A helicopter flies above the camera carrying something tied to a rope. It appears to be some sort of vehicle with wheels.
Date: 1962-1968, approximately
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th; Military helicopters; Princeton (Frigate); Airlift, Military
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F3
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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