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Grounded by Viet Cong Fire.

  • ARTIST: Al Chang

  • PUBLISHER: Wide World Photos.

  • MEDIUM: Silver gelatin photograph,

    DATE: 1966

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 5/8 x 8 5/8" (168 x 217 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Text sheet attached verso "(AP News-Picture Package by Al Chang-AP Staff Photographer). Chief warrant officers Ernest V. Holmes Jr., left, of Palmetto, Fla., and Dave Gehling of Columbus, GA., and formerly of New York, are armed helicopter pilots of the Army's 6th Aviation Platoon stationed at Bien Hoa, South Viet Nam. Both are temporarily grounded because they were hit by Viet Cong fire, so they ride motorcycle around the base. 3/13/66."

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Stamped on verso "Wide World Photos."

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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