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

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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
Artist/Maker (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
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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"
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