This yellowed newspaper clipping recounts one of the many harrowing combat rescues carried out by Air Force search-and-rescue crews during the Vietnam War. A downed Marine A-6 Intruder pilot survived over 20 hours evading enemy searchers along a North Vietnamese riverbank before being extracted under fire by an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter crew, protected by A-1E Skyraider "Sandy" escorts and jet fighter strikes -- a vivid illustration of the coordinated air rescue efforts that saved hundreds of downed American aviators. Project: 218882