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Photograph of a Sikorsky (S-65A) HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter of the United States Air Force, parked in a hangar in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "HH-53. We rode the HH-53 to Da Nang to pick-up a UH-1."

Photograph of a United States Army soldier of the 5th Special Forces Group, jumping from a helicopter above Long Thành, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.Caption from donor: "5th Special Forces at Long Than [sic] doing a jump."

Photograph of a United States Army soldier of the 5th Special Forces Group, getting ready to jump from a helicopter above Long Thành, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.Caption from donor: "5th Special Forces at Long Than [sic] doing a jump."

Photograph of a Bell AH-1G Cobra helicopter of the 174th Assault Helicopter Company, parked at a military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter bears the shark-mouth nose art of the unit's gunships (the Sharks), which is based on the nose…

Photograph of a Bell AH-1G Cobra helicopter of the United States Army, parked at a military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter's ammunition compartment is open.Caption from donor: "AH-1 Cobra Gunship. This was the ammunition…

Photograph of a Bell AH-1G Cobra helicopter of the United States Army, parked at a military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "AH-1 Cobra Gunship. This gunship belonged to another unit."

Photograph of United States Army soldiers posing with a Bell UH-1C (HU-1C) Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The helicopter bears the unit's "Mad Dog" gunship emblem and slogan, "Death on…

Oblique aerial photograph of rice paddies in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Rice paddy in III Corp."

Oblique aerial photograph of a farmhouse and farm fields in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Farmer's house in III Corp. Vietnam was divided into 4 regions. Each region was called a Corp (Core); I Corp to IV Corp."

Photograph of a Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft on a runway at Fire Base Tan An, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Tan An Firebase runway."