UH-34 Fly-By, August 1969
“Retirement Fly-By: UH-34s of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362 [HMM-362], the last Leatherneck UH-34D squadron in Vietnam, make a final fly-by before the squadron’s decommissioning ceremonies at Phu Bai August 18. The helicopter in the foreground later had its blades folded during the ceremonies, symbolically retiring it after seven years of service with Marines in the Republic of Vietnam. The squadron will be recommissioned a heavy helicopter squadron at Marine Corps Air Station, New River North Carolina (official USMC photo by Corporal R. G. Musolf).”
From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.