Helicopters

James E. Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, rides in a helicopter as he prepares to meet with the Draper Committee on Latin American Mutual Aid.

Identified as infantry, tank, and artillery on the attack. Third Division troops and an M-46 tank are shown advancing toward their objective, an "enemy-held strongpoint" during problem 2361. This event occurred while President Harry S. Truman was visiting Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

A crewman from the grounded Thailand ship HMTS Prasae stands guard as the helicopter from the USS Manchester shuttles the stranded sailors to safety. The Prasae, part of a United Nations operation, ran aground on the Korean coast during a blizzard.

A crewman from the grounded Thailand ship HMTS Prasae stands guard as the helicopter from the USS Manchester shuttles the stranded sailors to safety. The Prasae, part of a United Nations operation, ran aground during a blizzard. This took place in Korea.

An unidentified soldier is photographing a United States Army helicopter, somewhere in Korea during the Korean War. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Radioman "Kelly" Havard (far right) helps distribute foul weather gear to stranded Thai sailors from the HMTS Prasae. The gear was delivered by a helicopter from the USS Philippine Sea, seen in the background, piloted by Chief Aviator D. W. Thorin. All others are unidentified.

A helicopter from the USS Philippine Sea, piloted by Chief Aviation Pilot D. W. Thorin, lands on the snowy beach to effect rescue of the crew of the Thailand ship HMTS Prasae. The Prasae, which was part of a United Nations operation, grounded during a snow storm. The rescue team was surrounded by enemy troops during the operation but was protected by gunfire from the USS Manchester.

A helicopter returns to the USS Manchester with rescued crewmen from the Thailand ship HMTS Prasae, that went aground during a blizzard. All of this took place during a United Nations exercise in Korea.

Seaman Carlos H. Smith is lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the USS Manchester where he was treated for a bad tooth. Original caption: In a short time, the "egg-beater" was lowering its patient-passenger to the decks of the cruiser Manchester where the mailman's stricken molar was treated by Dr. F. W. Cook in the ship's fully-equipped dental lab. By noon the next day, the air taxi returned to the Manchester and delivered a relieved mailman Smith back to his grateful shipmates on the Higbee.