First Army Helicopters at Harvard

Soldiers' Field, Harvard University, 18 April 2008:  In what is believed to be the first time that Army helicopters ever landed at Harvard, two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters landed at Harvard's Soldiers Field athletic area to pick up 44 cadets and student media members in two flight missions to initiate the Paul Revere Battalion’s Spring Field Training Exercise held at Ft. Devens Massachusetts.

Addendum: read a 2 May account by the Harvard Crimson.

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Landing Safety Briefing
Wheels up Over Charles
 
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