Pilot Richard Nelson
Item
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-02720.jpg
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-02720
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Title
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Pilot Richard Nelson
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Description
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Original caption: "Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Nelson of Sarasota, Fla., a pilot with fighter Squadron 194, was credited Apr. 20 with silencing a surface-to-air missile (SAM) site while on a mission over North Vietnam. Nelson was among U.S. Seventh Fleet carrier-based aviators who struck two thermal power plants in Haiphong. The multi-wave air strikes by the naval aircraft caused sever damage to the facilities, which together produced 17,000 kilowatts of electricity. "I saw some SAMs coming up through the overcast, but they caused no trouble," Nelson explained after returning from the strike. 'I saw SAM site through a hole in the clouds and there were puffs of dust around it, showing that missiles had just been fired. So I went down and put a batch of rockets right in the center of the site. They all went right where I wanted them and really tore things up.'" An American airman climbing into what may be the cockpit of a plane. He looks directly at the camera.
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Date
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1967, Apr. 21
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen; Air pilots; Surface-to-air missiles; Airplanes; Bombing, Aerial
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Location
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North Vietnam
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Coordinates
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21.0278; 105.8342
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Size
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20 x 25 cm
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Container
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B146, F3
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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. Fleet, 7th
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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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