This commemorative banner documents the rescue of a downed U.S. Marine Corps F-4 Phantom crew — call sign 'Manual 42' — shot down over Tchepone, Laos, on Mother's Day, May 11, 1969. Coordinated by an OV-10 Forward Air Controller and covered by A-1 Skyraiders, the survivor was recovered by the crew of Jolly Green 15 after more than two and a half hours on the ground, an operation that earned Silver Stars and Distinguished Flying Crosses for the airmen involved. Project: 219913