The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: 5 insert
Taken during the September 1970 MACV-SOG mission into Laos, these photographs move from the cabin of an extraction helicopter, where a team member tends a wounded comrade, to aerial views of smoke marking targets above the jungle canopy. The rivers, ridgelines, and dense forest below convey the terrain that defined Operation Tailwind.
Two HMH-463 CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters in Flight
Aerial View of Airstrike/Prep Fire near River, Insertion Zone
Portrait of a SOG Operator ("Capt. McCarley") on the Ramp of a Transport Aircraft, Vietnam War Era
Two CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters in Formation Over Mountainous Terrain, Southeast Asia, ca. 1970
Aerial View En Route over Laos, Helicopters in Formation
Troops Boarding CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter, HMH-463
Marine Aviators Inspecting Battle Damage on Helicopter, Joe Driscoll 'Scarface' Collection, Operation Tailwind
Interior of Extraction Helicopter with Wounded, Operation Tailwind (McCarley Slide 19)
SOG Reconnaissance Team Member with Parachute Rig at Aircraft Ramp, Operation Tailwind Collection
Pilot Joe Driscoll ('Scarface') Points to Battle Damage on Helicopter 'VT6', Operation Tailwind, Vietnam War
USMC Helicopter Crewman with Rocket-Armed UH-1 'Huey' Gunship, Vietnam War Era (Operation Tailwind Association)
Vertical Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph of River and Jungle Terrain, Operation Tailwind, Laos
Aerial View of Valley Terrain with River and Trails, Operation Tailwind Insertion Area
Aerial View of River Valley and Jungle Terrain, Operation Tailwind Insertion Area
Aerial View of Smoke Plumes over Jungle Canopy, Operation Tailwind, Laos, 1970
Aerial View of Jungle Terrain with Smoke Plume, Operation Tailwind Collection ('Joe Driscoll Scarface')
