THE SPECTATORS - LOADING UN TROOPS FOR CONGO, WHEELUS AFB
Artists:
Barye Phillips
Categories:
SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> Africa
AIRCRAFT >> CARGO/TANKERS >> C-124
Catalog Number:
1961.046
Location:
1405
Description:
Not Long Ago, At An Airport Nearby A Mother And Her Small Daughter Were Watching The Planes Take Off. As One Particularly Large Jet Zoomed Overhead The Little Girl Whimpered, And At The Mother's Solicitous Inquiry She Replied--They Are Going Up To Hurt God! As I Stood On The Big Airstrip At Tunis, This Story Came To Mind, But The Difference Was Obvious. The Air Force Was Sending These Planes Up To Help Him! The Childlike Interest And Curiosity Is Shown By The Moslem Natives In The Foreground, Watching This Gigantic Carrier About To Do Its Job Of Sending Off Soldiers Of Peace!