Aerial photo of post-strike Kien An Highway Bridge
Item
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-02657.jpg
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-02657
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Title
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Aerial photo of post-strike Kien An Highway Bridge
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Description
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Original caption: "Pre and post Strike Navy Photography of Kien An Highway Bridge - with the carrier striking force in the Tonkin gulf, Mar. 16 - Shown is the Kien An highway bridge on the southern edge of Haiphong after being severed by 1,000-pound bombs dropped by Navy A4 Skyhawks from the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The 658-foot bridge , which links Haiphong with Ninh Binh/Nam Dinh area of North Vietnam, was severed by Navy pilots of Attack Squadrons 144 and 112, led by Cdr. N. Duff Arnold, 40, of San Diego, a Carrier Air Wing 11 pilot." An aerial photograph of a bombed river. There are two cut bridges and craters on the river's shore.
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Date
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1968, Mar. 18
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Aerial photography; Landscapes; Aerial reconnaissance; United States. Navy; Bombing, Aerial; Bridges
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Location
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Coordinates
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19.7500; 107.7500
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Size
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20 x 25 cm
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Container
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B146, F4
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Format
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black-and-white prints (photographs)
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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United States. Navy
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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