File:Sikorsky HRS of HMR-262 aboard USS Siboney (CVE-116), circa in 1956.jpg

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English: U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky HRS from Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 262 (HMR-262) take off from the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Siboney (CVE-112). Siboney took part in the following amphibious exercises in 1955-1956:
  • LANTPHIBEX at Onslow Beach, North Carolina (USA), 1-8 November 1955;
  • LANTTRAEX 1-56 at Vieques, Puerto Rico, 28-29 February 1956;
  • LANTTRAEX 2-56 at Vieques, Puerto Rico, 1-12 March 1956;
  • MEDLANDEX 2-56 at Dikili, Turkey, 11-14 June 1956.
Date circa 1956
date QS:P,+1956-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Siboney (CVE-112) 1955-1956 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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