Members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) practice rope-descending techniques from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter positioned at the edge of the stern elevator of the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA-1) during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. The helicopter is from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163), the reinforced aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89
Country: Gulf Of Thailand
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael D.P. Flynn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/09/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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