LTJG Hugh O'Doherty, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, plots an air support operation in the Tactical Air Control Center during joint services exercise Solid Shield '77. Assisting him are CPT Kenneth LaPlante and MSGT Feliciano Guzman, both of the Army's Special Forces

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LTJG Hugh O'Doherty, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, plots an air support operation in the Tactical Air Control Center during joint services exercise Solid Shield '77. Assisting him are CPT Kenneth LaPlante and MSGT Feliciano Guzman, both of the Army's Special Forces

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '77

Base: Shaw Air Force Base

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John E. Crombie

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

01/06/1977

place

Location

33.97387, -80.46924

Google Map of 33.9738685, -80.46924330000002

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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LTJG Hugh O'Doherty, a Coast Guard helicopter pilot, plots an air support operation in the Tactical Air Control Center during joint services exercise Solid Shield '77. Assisting him are CPT Kenneth LaPlante and MSGT Feliciano Guzman, both of the Army's Special Forces

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