Lieutenants Shillito and Prendergast, pilots from HMH-463, brief Corporal Sopiwnik, Sergeant Ainsworth, and Corporal Knaak, crew members aboard the USS Hancock. This briefing was conducted prior to their mission of flying into Saigon for evacuation exercises as part of Operation Frequent Wind on April 12, 1975. The photo was taken by GySgt. Shearer.

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