Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore awards Silver Star medals to pilots Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe and Capt. Thomas S. Roberts
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- 363-02488.jpg
- Digital Object Identifier
- 363-02488
- Title
- Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore awards Silver Star medals to pilots Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe and Capt. Thomas S. Roberts
- Description
- Original caption: "Hq 2AD, Tan Son Nhut Afld, RVN - Silver Stars for MIG Kills - Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore, commander of the 2d Air Division with headquarters here, awards Silver Star medals to F-4C aircraft commanders who downed two Communist MIG-type jets over North Vietnam yesterday. Accepting the awards are U.S. Air Force pilots Capt. Kenneth D. Holcombe of Detroit, Mich., and Capt. Thomas S. Roberts of LaGrange, Ga. The MIGs were the first shot down by U.S. Air Force pilots in the Vietnamese conflict." US Air force pilots being given medals in front of an airplane. There are photographers in the foreground.
- Date
- 1965
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; Airmen; Air forces--Medals, badges, decorations, etc.; Phantom II (Jet fighter plane)
- Location
- Tân Sơn Nhứt, South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 10.8185; 106.6588
- Size
- 20 x 25 cm
- Container
- B144, F8
- Format
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Collection Number
- MS 363
- Collection Title
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- 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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- Keever
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- 1965 photos
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