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Operation Hi-Water

In a demonstration of air evacuation during “Operation Hi-Water” in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1956, several people are shown looking over transportable equipment used in the handling of polio cases. From left to right, they are Col. R.R. Carbonetta, MC; Brig. Gen. M.S. White, an Air Force surgeon; Msgr. Jocquin Salcedo of Columbia; and Mr. Julio Silva of the Pan American Union. (Photo courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.)

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