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NH 73234 Navy combat airliner

Navy combat airliner
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Title: Navy combat airliner
Caption: A U.S. Navy C-47 "Skytrain" flies over Vietnam's mission to navy junk force and river assault group installations. The C-47 is one of three aircraft operated by U.S. Navy headquarters support activity, Saigon. The missions air flown to virtually every field in Vietnam; cargoes include war material and protect "Handclasp" food, medicine, clothing, books, building material and toys. The C-47 has been hit buy Viet cong ground fire.
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Catalog #: NH 73234
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Photographer: Robert W. Dietrich, JOCM, USN
Original Date: Sat, Jan 15, 1966
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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