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Flying Bananas
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A U.S. Army Piasecki CH21-C helicopter operating at a newly cut drop zone strip near the Laotian border to resupply Vietnamese troops. Because of the two rotors and the curved body designed to ensure that the rotor blades did not hit each other, these helicopters were known as "Flying Bananas." This photograph was taken by Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer from Milwaukee.
June 1962
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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WHi 11741
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Helicopter Cockpit
June 1962
Helicopter cockpit showing the pilot's view of the Vietnamese Delta region below. This photograph was taken by Milwaukee freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle.
Vietnamese Lookout
circa 1961-1965
An unidentified image from the collection of Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer, shows a U.S. Marine on duty in the watchtower of a South Vietnamese base. Behind him are several Piesecki CH2...
Helicopters in the Delta Region
June 1962
Distant view of U.S helicopters over the Delta Region of South Vietnam taken by Dickey Chapelle, a freelance photographer from Milwaukee.
Vietnamese Assault on Village
May 1962
Vietnamese soldiers exiting from U.S. Army helicopter and running across a field with guns drawn to assault a village suspected of harboring Viet Cong in the vicinity of Soc Tranh, Vietnam.
Vietnamese Soldier in Helicopter
1962
Vietnamese soldier in a helicopter, holding a rifle and looking out the open door at the countryside of Vietnam.
Vietnam Helicopter Mission
June 1962
A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The crew was following reports of a North Viet...
