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Item Number: VA035397 (Record 158975)
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Peter Braestrup Collection
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Photograph (.jpg)
Description:
"C-130 Landing at Khe Sanh Under Fire Getting there was half the story." U.S. Air Force U.S Air Force and Navy Jets put down a line of defensive fire as they engage in the protection of a C-130 transport preparing for departure from the Marine base at Khe Sanh. Enemy forces were spotted moving along a mountainside in full view of the base just after the C-130 landed a load of ammunition. Air strikes were called in and the enemy' apparent plan to destroy the aircraft and its cargo was foiled U.S. Air Force photo."
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Photograph VA035397,  No Date, Peter Braestrup Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 21 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA035397>.
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