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A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies on a remote airstrip in South Vietnam. Parachute extraction of cargo permits the large C-130 to deliver supplies to bases where runways can only handle small, light aircraft, and reduces the plane’s exposure to hostile ground fire, February 18, 1969
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies on a remote airstrip in South Vietnam. Parachute extraction of cargo permits the large C-130 to deliver supplies to bases where runways can only handle small, light aircraft, and reduces the plane’s exposure to hostile ground fire, February 18, 1969
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies on a remote airstrip in South Vietnam. Parachute extraction of cargo permits the large C-130 to deliver supplies to bases where runways can only handle small, light aircraft, and reduces the plane’s exposure to hostile ground fire, February 18, 1969

A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies on a remote airstrip in South Vietnam. Parachute extraction of cargo permits the large C-130 to deliver supplies to bases where runways can only handle small, light aircraft, and reduces the plane’s exposure to hostile ground fire, February 18, 1969

Date2/18/1969
MediumVintage United Press International telephoto
Dimensions6-3/8 x 9(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Object number2024.335
Status
Not on view
Five commercial containers for tools and supplies
H. C. (Horace Clifford) Westermann
n.d.
Drop
Jirí John
1966
Parachutes
Georgy Zelma (Georgii Zel'ma)
1935 (negative, 1992 - 1996 edition)