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Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after the Freedom 7 splashdown, May 5, 1961. The Freedom 7 capsule is visible in the water below.

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) recovering the Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, 1961.

Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) delivering the Freedom 7 capsule to the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

Film footage of aircraft carrier scenes, Pensacola, Florida, circa 1962-1963. The footage contains short scenes taken onboard an unidentified aircraft carrier, showing U.S. Navy personnel, civilians, and aircraft. Aircraft featured in the footage…

Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois/Huey helicopter (tail number 21966), Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "81. The first Hue s [sic] arrived in Sept 1965."

Photograph of a U.S. Army Bell UH-1 Iroquois/Huey helicopter (tail number 13990) landing in a field, Vietnam, circa 1965.Caption on accompanying document: "82. The first Hue s [sic] arrived in Sept 1965."

Photograph of a Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw helicopter taking off, Vietnam, circa 1965. Other helicopters are parked on the left.Caption on accompanying document: "152. H-34 helicopter taking off."

Photograph of a several aircraft, including a group of McDonnell F-4 Phantom II airplanes (tail codes NH) and an unidentified helicopter, parked on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), circa 1965-1967.

Photograph of people walking near a parked Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, circa 1967-1968.

Photograph of Sikorsky (S-61R) HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, circa 1967-1968.