Marking 60 years of air evacuations to hospital ships.
US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 20, 2009) A naval air crewman, assigned to the Warlords of Light Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HSL) 51, holds a rescue line as hospital corpsman from amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) train for medical evacuations underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cynthia Griggs/Released)
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