The first of a flight of eight U.S. Navy Bell HTL-3 helicopters rise from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS <i>Valley Forge</i> (CV-45), off the Japanese coast, circa early January 1953. <i>Valley Forge</i> transported these aircraft to the Far East for use in evacuating Korean War battle casualties.
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Official U.S. Navy photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96952c.htm">NH 96952</a>.