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"Flight Leaders: Sea Knight helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 [HMM-263] string out towards the horizon as they begin an early morning airlift assault against the enemy on Go Noi Island, south of Da Nang, Vietnam. The CH-46 helicopters carried elements of the 1st Marines conducting Operation Pipestone Canyon (official USMC photo by Gunnery Sergeant Bob Jordan)."

From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
Source Sea Knight Helicopters, 1969
Author USMC Archives from Quantico, USA
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