Photo #: NH 97100
Sikorski HRS-1 Helicopter (Bu # 127795),
of Marine helicopter squadron HMR-161
"Foxhole Relief -- A 1st Marine Aircraft Wing transport
helicopter takes out a fresh load of replacements for the 1st
Marine Division at an advance base in Korea. The troop drop was
into the front lines, while Marine Corsair fighter-bombers furnished
air support to keep enemy guns quiet on a nearby hill position."
Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces,
Far East, under date of 22 November 1951.
Note Browning automatic rifle (BAR) carried by the Marine at
left, and M1 rifles carried by other men.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All
Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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