Military Photo of the Day: One of a 1,000 Combat Missions
One in 1,000: Marine Corporal William D. Ward (Church Hill, Tennessee) takes a breather during one of his 1,000 helicopter combat missions while his Sea Knight aircraft is refueled at Vandegrift Combat Base. Ward, a crew chief of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 [HMM-262], reached this mark in less than six months (official USMC photo by Corporal Mike Servais).
