A flight crew member sits on the steps of a Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56) C-9 Nightingale aircraft carrying LT. Robert Wetzel, LT. Lawrence Slade, and LT. Jeffrey Zaun. The three Navy pilots' aircraft were shot down over Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and the men held as prisoners of war until their release on March 4th. They have arrived at the naval station for a ceremony in their honor
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Base: Naval Air Station, Oceana
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
21/03/1991
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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