Dan Evans ©Stars and StripesOver South Vietnam, June, 1971: A crew member on an OV-1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane from the Army's 131st Aviation Co. waves to the photographer during a flight over South Vietnam's A Shau Valley. With a top speed of only about 300 miles per hour, the Mohawk's pilots were often kept busy dodging surface-to-air missiles and much faster MiG fighters.

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