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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