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[Army H-21 Shawnee in a field]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09612.25 Author/Creator: Place Written: Germany Type: Photograph Date: 1961 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

A photograph of a Army helicopter, a H-21 Shawnee, in a field. On the back of the photo is a note in blue pen which reads "what I train in." The helicopter is marked with the number 54146.

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