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Colonel H. Avery Chenoweth, USMCR
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Acquisition Number: 2012.1005.83
Medium: Acrylic on Acrylic Board
HRS-1 helicopters cruised at 80 miles per hour as they rushed to deliver and extract Marines in remote areas of Korea. Although equipped with 8 seats, the aircraft could carry only 6 plus the crew of 2, and that number was reduced to 4 if they were fully combat-loaded, like the Marine in the foreground of this work who also carries a bipod for a mortar. The Marine Corps requested 60 of the transport helicopters in its first order.
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