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K-31174 USS REPOSE (AH-16)

USS REPOSE (AH-16)
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Title: USS REPOSE (AH-16)
Caption: Underway during operations off the South Vietnamese coast, 22 April 1966. The hospital ship, with heliport astern, advanced medical facilities and well-staffed medical crew, has been credited with saving many lives during the Vietnam War. The ship sails off the coast and can rush to areas of major action where helicopters lift casualties aboard.
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Catalog #: K-31174
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographer, Chief Journalist Jim F. Falk
Original Date: Fri, Apr 22, 1966
After this Year: 1964
Before this Year: 1975
Original Medium: BW Photo
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