(from left to right) US Air Force service members Major Eric Steward, Co-Pilot, Detachment 1, 33rd Rescue Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Captain Shelly Black, Pilot, 33rd Rescue Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Captain James Thomas, Doctor, 51st Medical Operations Osan Air Base, ROK, and Commandant, ROK Marine Corps Lieutenant General Kim Myung Hwan stand for a photograph together after a ceremony that honored the US Air Force members for their rescue of an expectant mother from Ryung Island of the coast of Korea. Detachment 1 of the 33rd Rescue Squadron based out of Osan AB, ROK flies H-60 helicopters performing rescue missions throughout the Korean peninsula
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Osan Air Base
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
24/02/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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