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Object number2019.16.4

Date1968-1970

MediumPaper; Ink; Adhesive

Credit LineGift of Richard Narushoff

DescriptionTopgraphic map of Laos, with handwritten text and rectangular pieces of paper adhered throughout.DimensionsHeight x Width (Unfolded): 27.25 × 25 in. (69.2 × 63.5 cm)
Height x Width (Folded): 8.375 × 8.438 in. (21.3 × 21.4 cm)
InscriptionsVarious text writtin and typed throughout. Numbers written on back " 12 [illegible]14 96 / 12056 95 / 11942 94 / 11825 93 / 11709 92"
Historical NotesMap was used by intelligence to lay out where bombs should be dropped. A collection of items that document Richard Narushoff’s time in Vietnam as a bombardier/navigator including Vietnam era boots and flight suit similar to the one worn during the Vietnam War, a helmet with oxygen mask worn on board the B-52 bomber, flashlight and distress beacon used on the B-52 bomber, low-level navigation map used on the B-52 bomber, an shirt embroidered on base in Thailand, and Vietnam era fatigue pants, button down tops, and t-shirt. Turtle Creek native, Richard Narushoff, joined the Air Force after completing the ROTC program at Duquesne University in 1967. He went to Vietnam as a B-52 bomber navigator in 1969 as part of the Arc Light Program. The B-52, a long-range bomber, could carry 70,000 pounds of bombs and nuclear weapons. Part of Operation Arc Light, B-52 pilots flew missions over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia out of bases in Thailand, Guam, Okinawa, Japan, and the Philippines. After two tours in Vietnam he joined the Air Force Reserves in order to not have to keep doing tours, he was part of the reserves from 1973 to 1976. In 1976 he joined the PA Air National Guard until 1995.

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