Aerial photo of bomb craters on Yen Vien railroad classification yard
Item
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-02407.jpg
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-02407
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Title
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Aerial photo of bomb craters on Yen Vien railroad classification yard
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Description
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Original caption: "Bomb craters cover the Yen Vien railroad classification yard, 10 km (6 miles) east-northeast of Hanoi, in this picture take by an Air force reconnaissance pilot. The complex was hit Aug. 21, by F-105 Thunderchief pilots and F-4 Phantom crews of the 355th and 8th Tactical Fighter Wings. Numerous boxcars were wrecked and the center of the yard torn up. Numerous unit-aircraft artillery sites surround the rail facility." Aerial photo with white line around a group of buildings and a railway. The area is pocked with bomb craters.
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Date
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1967, Aug.
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Bombing, Aerial; Jet fighter planes; Vietnam (Democratic Republic). Quân đội; Precision bombing; Aerial photography; Railroads; Thunderchief (Jet fighter plane); Phantom II (Jet fighter plane); Reconnaissance aircraft; Aerial reconnaissance; Antiaircraft guns
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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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B147, F1
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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. Air Force
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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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