Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend embracing U.S. Air Force rescue pilot 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk

Title: Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend embracing U.S. Air Force rescue pilot 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk
Description: Original caption: "Hq 2AD Tan Son Nhut Afld, RVN - Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend (left), of West Palm Beach, Fla., Navy pilot rescued from North Vietnam following bailout from his strike aircraft July 28, is all smiles as he embraces U.S. Air Force rescue pilot 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk of Manhattan Beach, Calif. Lieutenant Turk's rescue helicopter snatched the Navy flyer from capture or death with only moments to spare." Two American pilots standing side-by-side embracing.
Is Format Of: 363-02474.jpg
Identifier: 363-02474
Date: 1965, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Air Force; United States. Navy; Airmen; Air pilots; Search and rescue operations
Location: Tân Sơn Nhứt, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8185; 106.6588
Physical Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
Is Part Of: B145, F1
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Is Required By: MS 363
Collection: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Contributor: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections