Crewmen Loading Bombs

Creator

Preview

Identifier

35160004250446

Creation Date

3-28-1971

Subject—Places

Vietnam

Subject—Topics

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Description

U.S.S. Hancock, in the Gulf of Tonkin: Navy crewmen load bombs under the wing of a Crusader fighter-bomber jet on the deck of this aircraft carrier recently. Every day Navy pilots fly scores of attack and support missions in South Vietnam and Laos and such bombers are credited with helping to stop several Communist assaults on South Vietnamese positions during the recent invasion of Laos.

Format

BW Photograph, 11" x 8.5"

Source

United Press International

Series

American Experience