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Photo #: 80-G-439892

Lieutenant Commander Mark Armistead, USNR


Seated in the after cockpit of a Douglas AD-4N "Skyraider" attack plane, on board USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), during the filming of motion picture footage used in John Ford's "This is Korea", off the Korean coast on 27 January 1951.
Note: camera; flight gear and inflatable life vest worn by LCdr. Armistead; and paper bag containing a strong admonition encouraging its use by those afflicted with airsickness.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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2 December 1999