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VIETNAM 1968. 12 original press photographs.

12 original press photographs.

a) "His hair still wet following a dousing by First Air Cavalrymen who poured water on his covered face in an effort to get information from him, a Viet Cong suspect is fearful after his ordeal Jan. 17. He was flushed out of a spider hole… "

b) "Da Nang.. A GI kicks at a partially cracked support column… Jan. 22, 1968 [written in pen on verso.]

c) "Death in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks.. " S. Vietnamese woman walks around the body of a slain man… " 2/3/68, Credit Dana Stone. [Early type of paper slug. [On Stone see Lots 101, 102, 110.]

d) "Carry out wounded." 2/5/68, credit Rikio Imajo.

e) "Trudging through rubble." ["Photo was made in Haiphong by Nippon Dema News and released in Tokyo March 9th."

f) Carrying wounded, 5/9/68, credit Nguyen Thanh Tai.

g) "Refugees from Saigon's Chinese Cholon section stream across a bridge…. Allied Generals announced May 13th that the main thrust of the Viet Cong attacks on Saigon had been crushed." 5/14/68, credit Kent Potter.

h) "Saigon – A city of sorrow." 5/22/68, credit Nguyen Anh.

i) Tank advances, Saigon, 6/4/68, credit Nik Wheeler.

j) "Black cloud rises … from napalm bombing strike … behind Buddhist Pagoda in Saigon." 6/4/68. Early tan slug.

j) Members of 5th ARVN Division sealed off the village.. " [pen inscription], 6/14/68 credit NikWheeler.

k) "A sorrowful Vietnamese woman buries her face against her wounded husband… " 9/17/68, credit Kent Potter.

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Exciting photographs daguerreotypes to modern
10:00 AM PT - Nov 5th, 2008

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