Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white 09-7965-6 Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. Picturesque Diamond Head! Thousands of tourists visit Hawaii annually to see it, others hear of it through romantic songs, some see it in travelogue at their favorite movie house, but it was something special, more than a tourist attraction, to the passengers of these Military Air Transport Service C-54 Skymasters, recently. They were wounded UN soldiers being airlifted home by Pacific Division MATS [Military Air Transport Service] on specially modified hospital aircraft. The headquarters for this mercy flight organization are at Hickam Air Force Base near Honolulu and the organization is commanded by Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, U.S. Navy.[Airplanes.] [Scene.] Korea - Airplane and Seaborne Evacuation. 10/29/1951 09-7965-6 Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. Picturesque Diamond Head! Thousands of tourists visit Hawaii annually to see it, others hear of it through romantic songs, some see it in travelogue at their favorite movie house, but it was something special, more than a tourist attraction, to the passengers of these Military Air Transport Service C-54 Skymasters, recently. They were wounded UN soldiers being airlifted home by Pacific Division MATS [Military Air Transport Service] on specially modified hospital aircraft. The headquarters for this mercy flight organization are at Hickam Air Force Base near Honolulu and the organization is commanded by Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, U.S. Navy.[Airplanes.] [Scene.] Korea - Airplane and Seaborne Evacuation. 10/29/1951 |