U.S. Army Cessna O-1 directs naval gunfire support in Vietnam, 18 April 1966 (K-31128)
A U.S. Army Cessna O-1D Bird Dog (s/n 57-2904) observation plane directs 5-inch gunfire from the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Orleck (DD-886) onto a Vietcong position, 18 April 1966. The pilot was Army First Lieutenant Peter S. Ossi and the spotter and gunfire liaison officer was Marine First Lieutenant Gerard G. Garwick. The O-1D 57-2904 was transferred to Cambodia, in 1971.
- Date
- 1966-04-18
- Photographer / author
- Photographer's Mate First Class J.L. Means, U.S. Navy
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 3,748 × 5,710 pixels
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