[Smoke in landing zone]

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Title

[Smoke in landing zone]

Description

Photograph of plumes of smoke in a helicopter landing zone in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company during an air assault.

Caption from donor: "Explosions on LZ; ours or VC??? Time on the ground is [not] longer than 1 second. Troops jump off the helicopter. Anyone not off the helicopter in 1 second is coming out with us."

Date

1970-1971 circa

Coverage

Vietnam

Creator

Kam, Calvin H.

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Calvin H. and Yun Yau Kam Papers must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Identifier

2017-03-24_image_008_01