The Don Englebreston Collection
Helicopter Door Gunner's View Over Jungle Terrain During Operation Tailwind-Era Mission, Southeast Asia
Photographed from a helicopter door position, this image shows an M60 machine gun mount overlooking dense jungle terrain in Southeast Asia, consistent with support flights during Operation Tailwind, the 1970 MACV-SOG incursion into Laos. Helicopters like this one carried and extracted reconnaissance teams operating deep behind enemy lines. Project: 219431