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[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter on approach] (Item)

Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, approaching a landing zone in a forested area of Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. A red smoke signal marks the landing zone. The photo was taken from another Bell UH-1H helicopter during an air assault.Caption from donor: "Smoke dropped from the command and control aircraft on where troops the ground commander…

[Sikorsky CH-45 Tahre lifting Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook] (Item)

Photograph of a Sikorsky CH-45 Tahre (United States Army variant of the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane), lifting a Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an air base in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Tarhe Crane (CH-54) picking up Chinook (CH-47)."

[Smoke in landing zone] (Item)

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…

[Helicopter landing zone in Vietnam] (Item)

Photograph of a helicopter landing zone in a forested of area of 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: "LZ being prepped by our gunships. On long final [approach] to the LZ, we move to a trail formation."

[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter on approach] (Item)

Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, approaching a landing zone in a forested area of Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from another Bell UH-1H helicopter during an air assault.Caption from donor: "Approaching LZ. Each aircraft begins to identify a flat area to land."

[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopters in flight] (Item)

Photograph of Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopters of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, flying in staggered formation above a forest in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken while en route to an air assault.Caption from donor: "Low leveling to the Landing Zone (LZ). We're in a staggered formation."

[Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter in flight] (Item)

Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the 240th Assault Helicopter Company, in flight over fields in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken while en route to an air assault.Caption from donor: "Formation flying to assault. In route formation were either staggered or echeon [echelon]."

[Helicopter landing in defoliated area] (Item)

Photograph of an unidentified helicopter, obscured by a dust cloud, landing in a defoliated area near Fire Base Wood, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Caption from donor: "Landing in Fire Base Wood in the dust. This is what it was like landing in the defoliated area."

[Aerial view of bomb crater] (Item)

Oblique aerial photograph of a bomb crater from an airstrike by a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. The photo was taken from a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter during an air assault.Caption from donor: "UH-1 assault in a B-52 bomb crater."

[Bell UH-1H Iroquois in flight] (Item)

Photograph of a Bell UH-1H Iroquois (Huey) helicopter of the United States Army, in flight above the Saigon River in Vietnam, circa 1970-1971. Two ships are visible on the river.Caption from donor: "Flying over the Saigon River on the way to the Rung Sac area."

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