Preventive Detention: Cambodians suspected of working with the North Vietnamese or pro-Sihanouk forces are being held behind barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 miles north of Pnompenh. The town is along Route 5, the country's vital rice road to the northwest. Government forces are trying to retake the road from the Communists who hold it

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Preventive Detention: Cambodians suspected of working with the North Vietnamese or pro-Sihanouk forces are being held behind barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 miles north of Pnompenh. The town is along Route 5, the country's vital rice road to the northwest. Government forces are trying to retake the road from the Communists who hold it
Preventive Detention: Cambodians suspected of working with the North Vietnamese or pro-Sihanouk forces are being held behind barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 miles north of Pnompenh. The town is along Route 5, the country's vital rice road to the northwest. Government forces are trying to retake the road from the Communists who hold it
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DateOctober 17, 1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 10 13/16 in. (16 × 27.4 cm) Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 in. (16.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.183
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Markings Verso, right edge (stamp, purple ink): [sideways, on top of newspaper clipping] “TUE OCT 1 7 1972 LAT2”
Verso, right edge (newspaper clipping): [with partial image, attached sideways] “-AP Wirephoto / PREVENTATIVE DETENTION – Cam- / bodians suspected of working with / the North Vietamese or pro-Siha- / nouk forces are being held behind / barbed wire at Kompong Taches, 45 / miles north of Pnompenh. The town is / along Route 5, the country’s vital rice / road to the northwest. Governemnt / forces are trying to retake the road from the communists who hold it.”
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): [sideways] "ANON-VNM-134 / 1200”
Verso, center right (blue ink): [sideways] “(Vietnam – War -- Prisoners)”

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