Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white 127-GW-224-A182362: Rescued Marines. Five U.S. Marines arrive on Taiwan by helicopter from an island in the Formosan strait where they landed after drifting two and half days in a rubber raft. The men became separated from their unit, “C” Company, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, while on a beach mission during Operation Blue Star. They are left to right: Private First Class Gerald R. Goodman; Acting Sergeant Ernest G. Ross; Private James R. Hewitt, Jr.; Private Karl E. Thomsen; and Private First Class Robert L. Westover. They were met by their Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas H. Watson, (rear right) and Colonel David C.M. Tsung (rear left). Photographed by Staff Sergeant H.R. Head, circa 1960. (5/5/2015). 127-GW-224-A182362: Rescued Marines. Five U.S. Marines arrive on Taiwan by helicopter from an island in the Formosan strait where they landed after drifting two and half days in a rubber raft. The men became separated from their unit, “C” Company, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, while on a beach mission during Operation Blue Star. They are left to right: Private First Class Gerald R. Goodman; Acting Sergeant Ernest G. Ross; Private James R. Hewitt, Jr.; Private Karl E. Thomsen; and Private First Class Robert L. Westover. They were met by their Commanding Officer, Captain Thomas H. Watson, (rear right) and Colonel David C.M. Tsung (rear left). Photographed by Staff Sergeant H.R. Head, circa 1960. (5/5/2015). |