Annual Race: the Vietnamese war has heated up with the Communist offensive, but an annual bicycle race goes on. Bicyclists pedal through Long Binh, 20 miles north of Saigon during the Route 1 race

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Annual Race: the Vietnamese war has heated up with the Communist offensive, but an annual bicycle race goes on. Bicyclists pedal through Long Binh, 20 miles north of Saigon during the Route 1 race
Annual Race: the Vietnamese war has heated up with the Communist offensive, but an annual bicycle race goes on. Bicyclists pedal through Long Binh, 20 miles north of Saigon during the Route 1 race
Artist/Maker (German, 1933 – 2012)
Date1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in. (19.5 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.7 × 25.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.200
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Markings Verso, left center (printed, blue ink): "RRY 20065"
Verso, lower center (stamp, purple in): [upside-down] "MAY 8 1972 P" ["/ a" added to end in blue pencil]
Inscribed Verso, upper center (blue pencil): [upside-down] "Vietnam"
Verso, center (blue pencil): [upside-down and double underlined] "races"
Verso, center (blue pencil): [upside-down and circled] "Bicycles"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "900 HF-VNM-141.1"
South Vietnamese soldiers ride elephants across a river in the Ba Don area, about 20 miles from the Cambodian border, during a patrol in search of Viet Cong guerrillas in June 1964. In some conditions, the Hannibal-like transportation is more suited to jungle warfare than more modern vehicles
South Vietnamese soldiers ride elephants across a river in the Ba Don area, about 20 miles from the Cambodian border, during a patrol in search of Viet Cong guerrillas in June 1964. In some conditions, the Hannibal-like transportation is more suited to jungle warfare than more modern vehicles
Horst Faas
Date: June 27, 1964
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.201
Amphibious Operation in Vietnam: up to his helmet in water but careful to keep his weapon and pack dry, a South Vietnam soldier struggled to regain his footing on a creek crossing during a major operation against the Communist Viet Cong recently in the Darlac Plateau area, about 160 miles northeast of Saigon. The sortie was carried out in heavy rain and through thick jungles in an effort to root out Communist guerrillas
Amphibious Operation in Vietnam: up to his helmet in water but careful to keep his weapon and pack dry, a South Vietnam soldier struggled to regain his footing on a creek crossing during a major operation against the Communist Viet Cong recently in the Darlac Plateau area, about 160 miles northeast of Saigon. The sortie was carried out in heavy rain and through thick jungles in an effort to root out Communist guerrillas
Horst Faas
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.125
Searching for the Viet Cong: with helicopter airborne in a clearing, some US paratroopers crouch in grass as others head for the jungles in search of the Viet Cong during Operation Junction City. This assault by the 173rd Airborne Brigade took place last week some 65 miles northwest of Saigon
Searching for the Viet Cong: with helicopter airborne in a clearing, some US paratroopers crouch in grass as others head for the jungles in search of the Viet Cong during Operation Junction City. This assault by the 173rd Airborne Brigade took place last week some 65 miles northwest of Saigon
Horst Faas
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.130
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
In Cambodia today, at the area of Angkor, miles of temples, statues and other works of antiquity are being uncovered from their jungle bed and opened up for tourist and scholarly interest. Some 600 different buildings, most temples of one sort or the other, show a skill in development that matched that of the ancient Egyptians. Canals, waterways and other water projects were but some creations about the greatest works: the temples. Here a tourist studies the Prah Palilay temple, cut loose from its jungle cover in the Royal Palace grounds of Angkor Thom
In Cambodia today, at the area of Angkor, miles of temples, statues and other works of antiquity are being uncovered from their jungle bed and opened up for tourist and scholarly interest. Some 600 different buildings, most temples of one sort or the other, show a skill in development that matched that of the ancient Egyptians. Canals, waterways and other water projects were but some creations about the greatest works: the temples. Here a tourist studies the Prah Palilay temple, cut loose from its jungle cover in the Royal Palace grounds of Angkor Thom
Horst Faas
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.133
An American officer serving with the South Vietnam forces poses with group of Montagnards in front of one of their provisionary huts in a military camp in central Vietnam on November 17, 1962. They were among brought in by government troops from village where they were used as labor force by communist Viet-Cong forces. The Montagnards, dark-skinned tribesmen, numbering about 700,000 live in the highlands of central Vietnam. The Government is trying to win their alliance in its war with the Vietcong
An American officer serving with the South Vietnam forces poses with group of Montagnards in front of one of their provisionary huts in a military camp in central Vietnam on November 17, 1962. They were among brought in by government troops from village where they were used as labor force by communist Viet-Cong forces. The Montagnards, dark-skinned tribesmen, numbering about 700,000 live in the highlands of central Vietnam. The Government is trying to win their alliance in its war with the Vietcong
Horst Faas
Date: November 17, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.202
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
Wheat for India's Millions: Indian longshoremen labor long hours with tin scoops to fill burlap bags with wheat on the docks of Bombay. Modern vessels have sped the grain halfway around the world, but at the docks the 20th century slips back to the 18th as dockworkers load wheat bags on turbaned heads and cattle drawn lorries for the trip inland, India
Wheat for India's Millions: Indian longshoremen labor long hours with tin scoops to fill burlap bags with wheat on the docks of Bombay. Modern vessels have sped the grain halfway around the world, but at the docks the 20th century slips back to the 18th as dockworkers load wheat bags on turbaned heads and cattle drawn lorries for the trip inland, India
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.196
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
Unknown artist
Date: October 17, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.183
Vietnam Shepard: Carrying a walking stick over his shoulder and his M16 rifle in his hand, a soldier of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division herds a group of Vietnamese families to a helicopter landing zone for interrogation. The Vietnamese were rounded up after a brief firefight at a village near Duc Pho, about 325 miles north of Saigon, during a search and clear operation
Vietnam Shepard: Carrying a walking stick over his shoulder and his M16 rifle in his hand, a soldier of the U.S. 25th Infantry Division herds a group of Vietnamese families to a helicopter landing zone for interrogation. The Vietnamese were rounded up after a brief firefight at a village near Duc Pho, about 325 miles north of Saigon, during a search and clear operation
Unknown artist
Date: August 1, 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.188
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
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.126