Combat tents unloaded from the S.S. Sir John Franklin in Da Nang

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02804
Title: Combat tents unloaded from the S.S. Sir John Franklin in Da Nang
Description: Original caption: "Up and Away - Combat tents bound for Marines are lifted from #1 hold of S.S. Sir John Franklin to awaiting landing craft which shuttle the vital cargo to the piers within the city of Da Nang." A large wooden crate is lifted from the hold of a Navy ship onto the deck. Two sailors look on. It appears the crate is being lifted be a crane or some other machinery.
Date: 1966, May 19
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Sailors; United States. Navy; Cargo handling; Military supplies; Cargo ships; Shipyards
Location: Da Nang, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 16.0545; 108.0717
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B145, F13
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy
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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