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1968 photograph of a USAF Sikorsky H-19B 

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(via The Official Mort Künstler Website)

Marines Land and Attack from Helicopters

On September 21, 1951, deep mass transportation of combat troops to the battlefront by helicopter took place for the first time. In a ten-day experimental mission, 228 Marines were landed on a hilltop in central Korea. It took four hours. Conventional means would have taken two days.

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Well Timed Visit to Columbia

The other evening we arrived near the old Pennsylvania Railroad station in Columbia, Pa., just as the signal displayed slow-clear for a westward movement at Cola from the Columbia Secondary onto the Port Road Branch. Within a minute we could hear a train whistling for crossings up the line. I set up my tripod and opted to experiment with my Nikon Z7-II fitted with my f2.8 70-200mm lens for…

Well Timed Visit to Columbia