Aerial photo of bombed Kham Duc Special forces camp

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02678
Title: Aerial photo of bombed Kham Duc Special forces camp
Description: Original caption: "Saigon - Photo shows U.S. Air Force B-52 strikes near the runway of the Kham Duc Special forces camp. The Kham Duc camp was evacuated on May 12 so that enemy forces attacking the camp could be bombed. Pilots reported 76 secondary explosions resulting from the strikes shown in the photo." An Aerial photograph (which appears to be four photos stitched together), of craters in a forested landscape. There is an airfield in the bottom of the frame, and some roads across the landscape.
Date: 1967, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Aerial photography; Landscapes; Aerial reconnaissance; United States. Air Force; Bombing, Aerial; Military camps; B-52 bomber; Air bases
Location: Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F4
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Air Force
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections