There's a lot of "artistic license" in that flic. SAR birds were "Pedros" at that time. Dual main rotors. Years later, in the early '70's I flew on a number of SAR missions in HH-53's, attached to 16th SOS out of Ubon, Thailand. Among the pararescue guys Pits was a legend. Those fellas pulled a fellow photog out of the jungle after the OV-10 FAC bird he was in had been shot down in '69. He'd spent a day alone on the "floor" with a broken thigh suffered on ejection. He and that PJ kept in touch for years afterward. Another friend and fellow photog went on a SAR mission while on a TDY to Da Nang in '72 and was MIA until 2010. That Jolly's manifest listed him as "passenger"... insulting, IMO.
Air Force PJ's are absolutely the finest, bravest, most honorable among the service. Seeing them on a penetrator, going down into green canopy is something I will never forget.
They all deserve awards. "That Others May Live".