TSGT Jerry Fletcher is lowered from a hovering CH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopter to a balcony of the blazing MGM Grand Hotel. The airman is a 302nd Special Operations Squadron member involved in the rescue mission

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Las Vegas

State: Nevada (NV)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Rick Diaz

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/01/1981

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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