Military Photo of the Day: A CH-46 Drops Marines Off in Vietnam

By Shannon Henderson Published on February 25, 2018

February 24, 1968.

“Air-Ground Move: A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 [HMM-265] pulls out of a landing zone south of Da Nang after off-loading infantrymen of the 7th Marines. The multi-battalion operation was supported by helicopters of Marine Aircraft Group 16 [MAG-16] at Marble Mountain (official USMC photo by Sergeant Bob Leak).”

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

 

 

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