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Photo #: USN 1113736-A

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles W. Hartman
(left, in camouflaged flight suit), and
Lieutenant Commander Edwin A. Greathouse

Show Rear Admiral William F. Bringle (seated) how two MiG-17 jet fighters were shot down over North Vietnam by propeller-driven A-1 "Skyraiders" of Attack Squadron 125 (VA-125) over North Vietnam, 20 June 1965. Lt(JG) Hartman was credited with one of the MiGs, and Lieutenant Clinton B. Johnson was credited with the other. LCdr. Greathouse was the mission leader.
Photographed on board USS Midway (CVA-41).
Note .38 caliber revolvers worn by several of those present.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 490 pixels

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11 June 2001