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[Barracks] (Item)

Photograph of barracks buildings at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, circa 1967-1968.

[Tail gun of Sikorsky HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter] (Item)

Photograph of a Douglas AD (A-1, BT2D) Skyraider at a military base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from the tail gun compartment of a Sikorsky (S-65A) HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter.Caption from donor: "HH-53 tail gun and A-1 Skyraider."

[Interior of Sikorsky HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter] (Item)

Photograph of a United States Air Force pilot and door gunner inside a Sikorsky (S-65A) HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971.Caption from donor: "HH-53 door gunner."

[Sikorsky HH-53B Super Jolly helicopter] (Item)

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."

[Townsend and Keifer at air base] (Item)

Photograph of Captain Townsend (right) and Sergeant Keifer (left) at an unidentified air base in Japan, April 1947. The plane behind them is a Stinson L-5 Sentinel of the United States Army Air Forces. Mount Fuji is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Capt. Townsend and Sgt. Keifer, operators of the Fuji Grand Hotel. They came out to the strip to see me the day I went up there to fly…

[Concrete hangars] (Item)

Photograph of concrete hangars at Komaki Air Base, Japan, January 30, 1947. The inscription notes that the hangars, originally used by the Japanese military during World War II to store Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero" aircraft, were used by the 158th Liaison Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces to store their Stinson L-5 Sentinels.Typed on verso: "A few of the hangars we use for the L-5s.…

[Base operations building] (Item)

Photograph of the sign for the base operations building at Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947. The sign reads: "Base operations. Komaki Airdrome. NAAB [Nagoya Army Air Base]. APO 710. Elevation 78 feet."Inscription on verso: "Our new base ops. I work in here now. I go through that open door many times a day. The NAAB stands for Nagoya Army Air Base, which we are known as. Komaki Airdrome. Nagoya,…

[Crashed Stinson L-5 Sentinel] (Item)

Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft crashed upside down on a beach near Nagoya, Japan, August 1947. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings.Inscription on verso: "The L-5 the Infantry cracked up in the river bottom. Nagoya, Japan. August 47."

[Control tower on top of concrete hangar] (Item)

Photograph of a control tower on top of a concrete hangar at Komaki Air Base, Japan, circa 1947. A fire truck is parked inside the hangar.

[Oil barrel at Komaki Air Base] (Item)

Photograph of an oil barrel used to heat buildings at Komaki Air Base, Japan, February 4, 1947.Typed caption on verso: "This is a picture of what the Oil Barrels (Diesel) look like outside our windows. The Tube you see running down the wall is a rubber hose, and it goes in to the stove. In fairly cold weather, a 50 gallon barrel lasts about 1 1/2 weeks. 158th Liaison Squadron. Kamaki [Komaki] Air…

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