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DateSeptember 6, 1965
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 in. (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Image: 8 1/8 × 6 in. (20.6 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.288
Not on view
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Provenance
2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings
Verso: "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. / Two Iroquois recently played a vital role in the epic battle in / which Delta company of 6 RAR outnumbered 8 to 1, held the Viet Cong at bay / in Phuoc Tuy province. The RAAF helicopter pilots flew through blinding / rain during the height of the battle to drop ammunition to the soldiers who / were down to a few rounds each. / ********* / Picture 1: Leading Aircraftman Dave Collins of Ainslie, Canberra, / checks the flow of liquid saline into an 18-year-old North Vietnamese / regular soldier, as his helicopter flies over the jungle towards the / hospital at Vung Tau. (typed on piece of paper pasted)"
Verso, center: "[COPYNEG / 860415]"
Verso, left side: "6 SEP 1966"
Verso, center: "[COPYNEG / 860415]"
Verso, left side: "6 SEP 1966"
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Unknown artist
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.188
Horst Faas
Date: 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.127
Unknown artist
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Unknown artist
Date: November 1968
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Object number: 2022.15.290
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Date: December 1, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.132
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.126
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.134
Unknown artist
Date: June 1968
Medium: Vintage newswire
Object number: 2023.12.186
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Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271