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Time Out For Volley Ball: Laotian soldiers of an artillery position near Pak Suong, North of Luang Prabang in Laos play volley ball while their 155 and 105mm guns rest at base in background and foreground. The guns are used to support infantry in hills north of the royal Laotian capital. The artillery officers are mostly trained in the U.S., speak English, and have developed a liking for western sports, March 2, 1971
Time Out For Volley Ball: Laotian soldiers of an artillery position near Pak Suong, North of Luang Prabang in Laos play volley ball while their 155 and 105mm guns rest at base in background and foreground. The guns are used to support infantry in hills north of the royal Laotian capital. The artillery officers are mostly trained in the U.S., speak English, and have developed a liking for western sports, March 2, 1971
Time Out For Volley Ball: Laotian soldiers of an artillery position near Pak Suong, North of Luang Prabang in Laos play volley ball while their 155 and 105mm guns rest at base in background and foreground. The guns are used to support infantry in hills north of the royal Laotian capital. The artillery officers are mostly trained in the U.S., speak English, and have developed a liking for western sports, March 2, 1971

Time Out For Volley Ball: Laotian soldiers of an artillery position near Pak Suong, North of Luang Prabang in Laos play volley ball while their 155 and 105mm guns rest at base in background and foreground. The guns are used to support infantry in hills north of the royal Laotian capital. The artillery officers are mostly trained in the U.S., speak English, and have developed a liking for western sports, March 2, 1971

Maker (German, 1933 - 2012)
Date3/2/1971
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions6-5/8 x 8-1/8 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.293
Status
Not on view
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Fred Waters
1/1/1961
Sounding a warning of a night attack by North Vietnamese, this mongrel dog proved to be a hero for members of a 105mm artillery unit in "Landing Zone Ike," about 60 miles northwest of Saigon. Radar and observation posts failed to notice the enemy, but "Lifer" did and gave the valuable warning. "Lifer" and a puppy roam about the sandbagged perimeter of the artillery position, September 1969
Sounding a warning of a night attack by North Vietnamese, this mongrel dog proved to be a hero for members of a 105mm artillery unit in "Landing Zone Ike," about 60 miles northwest of Saigon. Radar and observation posts failed to notice the enemy, but "Lifer" did and gave the valuable warning. "Lifer" and a puppy roam about the sandbagged perimeter of the artillery position, September 1969
Horst Faas
9/1/1969
Checking Captured Gun: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, right, and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, left of gun, look over a captured 51-caliber anti-aircraft gun at Firebase Nguyen Hue, South Vietnam. The gun was captured by South Vietnamese troops operating in Laos. The firebase is located west of Khe Sanh near the Laotian border, February 1971
Checking Captured Gun: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, right, and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, left of gun, look over a captured 51-caliber anti-aircraft gun at Firebase Nguyen Hue, South Vietnam. The gun was captured by South Vietnamese troops operating in Laos. The firebase is located west of Khe Sanh near the Laotian border, February 1971
Nick Ut
2/1/1971
Negroes Arrested in New Outbreak: two negroes are marched at gunpoint to a police bus after their arrest near a Black Muslim Mosque in the Los Angeles district early today. The mosque was the scene of a gunfight with police who said Negroes were taking guns into the temple, August 18, 1965
Negroes Arrested in New Outbreak: two negroes are marched at gunpoint to a police bus after their arrest near a Black Muslim Mosque in the Los Angeles district early today. The mosque was the scene of a gunfight with police who said Negroes were taking guns into the temple, August 18, 1965
Unknown Artist
8/18/1965
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Mark Godfrey
4/1/1970
A U.S. marine, center, stands atop his post, a sandbagged bunker, as he watches clouds of black smoke rise at the marine base at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, during a North Vietnamese artillery barrage. The marines have constructed a system of deep trenches and fortified bunkers, topped with sandbags, empty shell casings, and even timber, to withstand the daily bombardment, February 1968
A U.S. marine, center, stands atop his post, a sandbagged bunker, as he watches clouds of black smoke rise at the marine base at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, during a North Vietnamese artillery barrage. The marines have constructed a system of deep trenches and fortified bunkers, topped with sandbags, empty shell casings, and even timber, to withstand the daily bombardment, February 1968
Unknown Artist
2/1/1968
Screams echo death volley of bullets: wife of executed Ta Vinh and woman relative scream in Saigon, March 14, 1966
Screams echo death volley of bullets: wife of executed Ta Vinh and woman relative scream in Saigon, March 14, 1966
Unknown Artist
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American Dream with Purple Sports Car
American Dream with Purple Sports Car
Luis Jimenez
1969
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Allowed To Leave: a Laotian immigration officer stamps the passport of Michael Rogal, the finance officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, right, as he prepares to leave Vientiane, Friday. Rogal, who was barred from leaving Laos Thursday, was allowed to depart Friday after showing immigration officials a letter stating that his work had been completed, June 20, 1975
Neal Ulevich
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Ray Gun or Gun
Ray Gun or Gun
H. C. (Horace Clifford) Westermann
1962
An Artillery Train
An Artillery Train
Kerr Eby
1919
Saving Wounded Child In Hue: A U.S. Marine carries a blanket-wrapped wounded Vietnamese child from an aid station to an ambulance for evacuation from the Citadel in Hue, February 17, 1968. The child wandered into Marine lines after he was wounded by American artillery fire directed at Red positions.
Saving Wounded Child In Hue: A U.S. Marine carries a blanket-wrapped wounded Vietnamese child from an aid station to an ambulance for evacuation from the Citadel in Hue, February 17, 1968. The child wandered into Marine lines after he was wounded by American artillery fire directed at Red positions.
John Olson
2/17/1968