COLLECTION NAME:
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Record
Digital Object Identifier:
363-02823
Title:
Aerial photo of a bombing of Ninh Binh railway
Description:
Original caption: "Smoke 3,000 feet high - follows eruption of 500-foot-diameter fireball, Sep. 18, 1966, from secondary explosion at Ninh Binh railway in North Vietnam. Navy pilots from the carrier USS Intrepid continued a four-day attack on the area which included Nihnh Binh railroad yards, RR Bridge, RR by-pass bridge, two trains totaling nearly 100 boxcars, and about 60 trucks. One train is seen at lower left along a rocky ridge. Trucks along roads were trying to salvage cargo from the bottled up trains." Aerial photo of a bomb cloud over a railway.
Date:
1966, Sep. 23
Subject(s):
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Aerial photography; Landscapes; Aerial reconnaissance; Railroads; United States. Navy; Bombing, Aerial; Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
Location(s):
North Vietnam
Geographic Coordinates:
21.0278; 105.8342
Size:
20 x 25 cm
Containers:
B144, F7
Format:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number:
MS 363
Collection Title:
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator:
United States. Navy
Collector:
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright information:
These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher:
Archives & Special Collections
