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Artist/Maker
Horst Faas
(German, 1933 – 2012)
DateMay 3, 1966
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 × 8 5/8 in. (18.1 × 21.9 cm)
Image: 7 1/8 × 8 5/8 in. (18.1 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.134
Not on view
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Provenance
2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Inscribed
Recto, bottom: "(NY17-May 3)--STRUGGLE AGAINST CHOPPER BLAST--Fully equipped soldiers/ of the U.S. 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, struggle through the grass/ against the stormy blast from rotors of helicopter which landed them/ in jungle clearing 70 miles North of Saigon last week. They moved on/ Viet Cong supply bases along the Rach Beng River, the border between/ South Viet Nam and Cambodia, and seized hundreds of tons of equipment./ (APWirephoto) (s31050faas)1966(EDS: See NY15 and 16, ehich with this/ picture comprises a three-picture series by AP Photographer Horst Faas)"
Verso, bottom left corner: "HF-VNM-301 2500"
Verso, bottom left corner: "HF-VNM-301 2500"
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