"Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington visits his old squadron at Camp Butler, Okinava on May 3, 1972. In the photograph, Sergeant Carl Peterson, crew chief with HEOS-165, is seen proflighting his CH-46 helicopter aboard the USS Tripoli LPH-10. A VI-1E helicopter from the composite squadron can be seen in the foreground. The image is a Defense Department photo taken by GySgt. Priseler, assigned to the Marine Corps."

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