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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-477573

USS Sicily (CVE-118)
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Launches U.S. Marine Corps HRS-1 helicopters during Operation "Marlex-5" off the west coast of Korea in the Inchon area. This was the first time that Marine Corps landing forces had moved from ship to shore by helicopter.
Photo is dated 1 September 1952.
Nearest HRS-1 is Bureau # 127798. It wears the markings of squadron HMR-161.

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

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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10 November 1999