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Photo #: NH 96982

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) W. Boyd Muncie


Disembarks from a H03S helicopter, upon his return to USS Valley Forge (CV-45) on 19 July 1950, following his rescue from the Sea of Japan by an amphibian "Sea Otter" from HMS Triumph. The first Naval Aviator to be shot down by North Korean anti-aircraft fire, he spent two and a half hours in the water.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

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14 September 1999