Helicopters

Full view of a U.S. helicopter situated on an U.S. aircraft carrier. Location is not given, possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Contact sheet image, original color negative in Library holdings.

(L-R) Brigadier General Patrick Cassidy; General Paul L. Freeman, United States Army Europe Commander; and Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman, Commander VII Corps during a visit by General Freeman to VII Corps field positions. A helicopter can be seen in the background.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (third from right) poses in front of a helicopter with dignitaries from Remiremont, France, who are gathered to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the liberation of Remiremont, France from the Germans in World War II and to dedicated the new John F. Kennedy Square. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right, center) joins others in watching a demonstration of weaponry being conducted during Armed Forces Day celebrations. A helicopter sits in the background. The event was part of German-American Friendship Week being held at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. All others, including other soldiers, are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center) with Congressman Cecil King (left) and Lieutenant General Joseph Swing (right) in front of a new jet-powered United States Army helicopter that is being tested, the XH-26. Others in background are unidentified.

The United States military tests a new helicopter, the jet-powered XH-26.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (standing, right) inspects new jet-powered Helicopter XH-26. Test pilot Lou Hartwig prepares to demonstrate the new helicopter while Congressman Cecil R. King (standing, left) looks on.

A United States Army UH-1 helicopter sits on a helipad in Japan, probably near Tokyo. This helicopter was used for an aerial survey of the area by United States Economic Minister to Japan Arthur Gardiner.

Two unidentified helicopters flying in the background just below the horizon line, hovering above the ocean. This photo was taken through some of the structural components of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

Image of a Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse helicopter flying over the ocean near Japan.