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United States Navy Helicopter Picks Up Stranded Thai Sailors

2015-398 (untitled)
Accession Number
2015-398
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Parks, Lewis S. Papers
Keywords
Sailors
Korean War, 1950-1953
Military helicopters
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U.S. Navy

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Description
Thai sailors move to board a United States Navy helicopter sent to rescue them after their ship, the HMTS Prasae, ran aground on the Korean coast. The helicopter, which had been borrowed from the USS Philippine Sea after the USS Manchester's helicopter crashed, was piloted by Chief Aviation Pilot D. W. Thorin who can be seen inside the helicopter.
Date(s)
January 6, 1951