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Sailors Await Rescue by USS Manchester Helicopter

2015-0606
Accession Number
2015-0606
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350892790
Related Collection
Parks, Lewis S. Papers
Keywords
Beaches
Sailors
Korean War, 1950-1953
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Credit:
William DuCoing
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Under enemy fire, unidentified troops and crew members from the run aground HMTS Prasae take shelter on the beach while they await rescue from the USS Manchester helicopter. A rescue mission was launched after the HTMS Prasae, a Thailand Corvette, ran aground on Korea's Eastern Coast during a blizzard.
Date(s)
January 7, 1951