Photo #: NH 97192
Operation "Little Switch", April 1953
"U.S. Naval Aviator among Repatriated -- Ensign Marvin S.
Broomhead, USN, a Navy flyer repatriated by the Communists during
the prisoner of war exchanges on April 25th, waves from the helicopter
that will fly him from Freedom Village to Seoul on the first
leg of his trip home. On February 8, 1952 Ensign Broomhead piloting
a Navy Skyraider off the carrier USS Valley Forge, was shot down
30 miles northwest of the Wonsan area, and was captured by the
Communists after two unsuccessful rescue attempts by helicopters."
Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces,
Far East, under date of 28 April 1953.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands"
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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