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USN 1153031: Airman Roseann Roberts, June 1972

USN 1153031: Airman Roseann Roberts, June 1972. Roberts, the first Navy woman Helicopter Plane Captain, wearing special goggles and acoustical ear protection, waits to direct a helicopter to its assigned parking place at U.S. Naval Air Station, Imperial Beach, California, June 1972. Airman Roberts is attached to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (HC-3). Photographed by PHC3 Virgil O McColley. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: USN 1153031: Airman Roseann Roberts, June 1972. Roberts, the first Navy woman Helicopter Plane Captain, wearing special goggles and acoustical ear protection, waits to direct a helicopter to its assigned parking place at U.S. Naval Air Station, Imperial Beach, California, June 1972. Airman Roberts is attached to Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Three (HC-3). Photographed by PHC3 Virgil O McColley. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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