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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.
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.

Maker (American, b. 1947)
Date2/17/1968
MediumVintage newswire
Dimensions8(?) x 4(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.303
Status
Not on view
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
A little girl, known only as Thanh, sits on her hospital cot in a ward of a hospital at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. A Viet Cong mortar, fired into her house on the outskirts of the city, killed her parents and wounded her two sisters. She lost part of her forearm, but walked unaided to the hospital for treatment
A little girl, known only as Thanh, sits on her hospital cot in a ward of a hospital at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. A Viet Cong mortar, fired into her house on the outskirts of the city, killed her parents and wounded her two sisters. She lost part of her forearm, but walked unaided to the hospital for treatment
Unknown Artist
1967
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
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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
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
John T. Wheeler
5/29/1971
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
Members of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade wade through a marshy canal on the edge of a pineapple plantation 18 miles west of Saigon while sweeping Viet Cong infiltration routes to the capital. Sheets of Communist ground fire shot down four U.S. helicopters, two of them on missions to evacuate wounded GIs from the battlefield, military spokesmen said, March 26, 1969
Members of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade wade through a marshy canal on the edge of a pineapple plantation 18 miles west of Saigon while sweeping Viet Cong infiltration routes to the capital. Sheets of Communist ground fire shot down four U.S. helicopters, two of them on missions to evacuate wounded GIs from the battlefield, military spokesmen said, March 26, 1969
Nik Wheeler
3/26/1969
Happiness in a New Country: A Vietnamese youngster, accompanied by his mother, shouts for joy after leaving a chartered airplane at Travis Air Force Base, California, following their evacuation from Vietnam, April 22, 1975
Happiness in a New Country: A Vietnamese youngster, accompanied by his mother, shouts for joy after leaving a chartered airplane at Travis Air Force Base, California, following their evacuation from Vietnam, April 22, 1975
Unknown Artist
4/22/1975
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