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I did an aerial photo reconnaissance mission of the Cape Fear river from Fayetteville out to the coast past Wilmington. I had to photograph a hundred miles of locks, dams, other obstacles and anything that might present a security threat to a Special Forces A-Team that was going to do a nighttime rubber raft exfiltration exercise. I flew in a UH-1H Huey helicopter, open doors, in the middle of summer, with humidity heavy enough to chew the air. If everything had been underwater back then, my day would have been a lot easier. The highlight of the trip was buzzing the coastal surf and waving back at the beachgoers.
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