An Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter rests on the Military Fleet Activity pier after being lowered into a cradle by a crane aboard the Japanese salvage ship SHIN TATSU MARU. The helicopter, which crashed into the ocean 5.6 miles off the Okinawa coast during a night training mission, was recovered by a joint US/Japanese salvage team
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naha
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Donald S. Mcmichael
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
12/04/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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