In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle

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In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
Artist/Maker (German, 1933 – 2012)
Date1966
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 8 1/8 in. (27.9 × 20.6 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 6 1/8 in. (24.4 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.126
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, bottom center (cut and pasted text): "Full battle gear, plus a folding chair he scrounged some- / where, was carried by an American marine at a staging / area where Dong Ha, South Vietnam. The marine spent a night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle. --AP Wirephoto"
Inscribed Verso, top left: "HF-VNM-52" and "2500"
Verso, center: " 3 col G Chan / Met"
Verso, bottom center: "(Vietnam-War-U.S-Armed forces)"
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
Date: September 6, 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.288
At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead
At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead
Horst Faas
Date: December 9, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with retouching
Object number: 2022.15.131
The matador arrives at the arena. Here is Gregorio Sanchez. He inevitably stops in front of the photographers, Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
The matador arrives at the arena. Here is Gregorio Sanchez. He inevitably stops in front of the photographers, Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
Yvan Dalain
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.84
United States Marine Corp boot camp: the climax of a hellish day for this man from the Motivation platoon. He has made it through the day with all its forced marches, exercises, and infiltration course, but is now being led (and orally humiliated at the same time) to a resident psychologist for examination
United States Marine Corp boot camp: the climax of a hellish day for this man from the Motivation platoon. He has made it through the day with all its forced marches, exercises, and infiltration course, but is now being led (and orally humiliated at the same time) to a resident psychologist for examination
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.263
Aid and Protection: pistol drawn and his body protecting that of wounded U.S. paratrooper, medic PFC Andrew G. Brown of Chicago searches jungle for sniper. He and Spec. 4 Gerald Levy of New York crawled through the jungle to dress the wounds of the unidentified paratrooper while a live grenade, ready to go ff at the slightest movement, lay nearby. Action took place yesterday near Thuong Lang, Vietnam
Aid and Protection: pistol drawn and his body protecting that of wounded U.S. paratrooper, medic PFC Andrew G. Brown of Chicago searches jungle for sniper. He and Spec. 4 Gerald Levy of New York crawled through the jungle to dress the wounds of the unidentified paratrooper while a live grenade, ready to go ff at the slightest movement, lay nearby. Action took place yesterday near Thuong Lang, Vietnam
Horst Faas
Date: 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.127
There will be no end to commenting on the bullfight. In Cilleros, the matador was Francisco Garrido. His salary was 120 NF. He is twenty-four years of age, and hopes to tore one day in the arenas of Madrid (crowd carrying chairs), Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
There will be no end to commenting on the bullfight. In Cilleros, the matador was Francisco Garrido. His salary was 120 NF. He is twenty-four years of age, and hopes to tore one day in the arenas of Madrid (crowd carrying chairs), Spain, from the series La Corrida (The Bullfight)
Yvan Dalain
Date: 1962
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.83
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Viet Cong The Burning Issue: American F100 jet drops two canisters of napalm toward a Viet Cong machine gun position on the bank of the Rach Beng river, 70 miles northwest of Saigon, as a soldier of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, who had been landed by helicopter wades through the tall grass in foreground. The Rach Beng here forms the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia. The infantrymen were landed some 400 yards from the border and moved in to capture hundreds of tons of Viet Cong supplies
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.128
Struggle Against Chopper Blast: struggle against chopper blast fully equipped soldiers of the U.S. 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, struggle through the grass against the stormy blast from Botors of helicopter which landed them in Jungle clearing 70 miles North of Saigon on May 3, 1966. They moved on Viet Cong supply bases along the Rach Beng River, the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia, and seized hundreds of tons of equipment
Struggle Against Chopper Blast: struggle against chopper blast fully equipped soldiers of the U.S. 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, struggle through the grass against the stormy blast from Botors of helicopter which landed them in Jungle clearing 70 miles North of Saigon on May 3, 1966. They moved on Viet Cong supply bases along the Rach Beng River, the border between South Vietnam and Cambodia, and seized hundreds of tons of equipment
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.134
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.257
A platoon leader, seriously wounded when he stepped on a mine, is carried by Vietnamese soldiers retreating from the mountain where they had attacked the Viet Cong unsuccessfully. Along the side of the road, other soldiers watch for snipers in the thick growth
A platoon leader, seriously wounded when he stepped on a mine, is carried by Vietnamese soldiers retreating from the mountain where they had attacked the Viet Cong unsuccessfully. Along the side of the road, other soldiers watch for snipers in the thick growth
Horst Faas
Date: September 9, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.129
North Vietnam Congress: This radiophoto form Hanoi, North Vietnam, was monitored in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, bearing this information: "In an atmosphere stirring with victories over the U.S. aggressors in both North and South Vietnam, the All-North Vietnam Congress of Heroes, model fighters in opposing U.S. aggression and saying the country, was convened in Hanoi. Premier Pham Van Dong was in cordial contact with the heroes."
North Vietnam Congress: This radiophoto form Hanoi, North Vietnam, was monitored in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, bearing this information: "In an atmosphere stirring with victories over the U.S. aggressors in both North and South Vietnam, the All-North Vietnam Congress of Heroes, model fighters in opposing U.S. aggression and saying the country, was convened in Hanoi. Premier Pham Van Dong was in cordial contact with the heroes."
Unknown artist
Date: January 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.189
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.258