Air Force Maj. Bornard F. Fisher thanked for rescuing pilot

Item

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Digital Object Identifier
363-02575
Title
Air Force Maj. Bornard F. Fisher thanked for rescuing pilot
Description
Original caption: "Saigon - Thanks - Shaking hands with Air Force Maj. Bornard F. Fisher of Inda. Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore Air Force Commander in Vietnam, thanks him for rescuing A-1E Skywalker pilot Maj. Stafford W. (jump) Myers/ from the enemy held air strip at A Shua U.S. Army Special Forces camp, 60 miles west-northwest of Da Nang. Fisher, also an A-1E pilot, landed on the air strip and picked up Myers who had crash landed there after being shot down by North Vietnamese gunners." Two American airmen shake hands in front of another airman and an American flag.
Date
1967, approximate
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen
Location
Saigon, 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. Air Force
Collector
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections