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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
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

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Date3/14/1966
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions6(?) x 8(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
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Object number2024.317
Status
Not on view
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
Horst Faas
3/2/1971
Wails for Buddhist Monks: Wailing woman, one of a crowd of 1,000 followers, holds her hands in prayer outside the Buddhist National Institute in Saigon, South Vietnam, June 18th, 1966, as several monks leave the pagoda in an effort to be arrested or jailed in protest against the military government of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky
Wails for Buddhist Monks: Wailing woman, one of a crowd of 1,000 followers, holds her hands in prayer outside the Buddhist National Institute in Saigon, South Vietnam, June 18th, 1966, as several monks leave the pagoda in an effort to be arrested or jailed in protest against the military government of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky
Horst Faas
6/18/1966
After Release: Luong Truyen, 16, left, and Nguyen Van Truong, 20, a former militiaman, sit on cot in Duc Pho, Vietnam, yesterday after telling their story of being beaten and starved by their Viet Cong captors. They were among people freed from jungle prison camp about 300 miles north of Saigon by U.S. paratroopers Thursday. The freed men and women told inmates being beaten to death in public executions to frighten other prisoners into submission, July 1967
After Release: Luong Truyen, 16, left, and Nguyen Van Truong, 20, a former militiaman, sit on cot in Duc Pho, Vietnam, yesterday after telling their story of being beaten and starved by their Viet Cong captors. They were among people freed from jungle prison camp about 300 miles north of Saigon by U.S. paratroopers Thursday. The freed men and women told inmates being beaten to death in public executions to frighten other prisoners into submission, July 1967
Unknown Artist
7/1/1967
Flushed From The Swamp: South Vietnamese soldiers bind a Vietcong guerrilla preparatory to questioning after he was flushed from a Mekong River Delta swamp 120 miles southwest of Saigon on August 17, 1966. Troops of the 9th division, borne by U.S. Helicopters, were on a search and destroy operation when they located some guerrillas who were trying to hide their weapons in the swamp
Flushed From The Swamp: South Vietnamese soldiers bind a Vietcong guerrilla preparatory to questioning after he was flushed from a Mekong River Delta swamp 120 miles southwest of Saigon on August 17, 1966. Troops of the 9th division, borne by U.S. Helicopters, were on a search and destroy operation when they located some guerrillas who were trying to hide their weapons in the swamp
Dang Van Phuoc
8/17/1966
Refugees Flee From North Vietnamese: Scores of refugees pour out of the Tri Tam district town of Khiem Hanh on Thursday, March 13th, 1975, southward to South Vietnamese government lines. The town, 40 miles, northwest of Saigon, was overrun by North Vietnamese on Wednesday
Refugees Flee From North Vietnamese: Scores of refugees pour out of the Tri Tam district town of Khiem Hanh on Thursday, March 13th, 1975, southward to South Vietnamese government lines. The town, 40 miles, northwest of Saigon, was overrun by North Vietnamese on Wednesday
Dang Van Phuoc
3/13/1975
Keeping Saigon Secure: two soldiers from the First Air Cavalry Division move toward a helicopter which airlifted them from a two-week patrol northeast of Saigon. They are members of one of the few remaining U.S. combat units operating in South Vietnam and are charged with security of the area east of Saigon-Bien Hoa region, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, February 1972
Keeping Saigon Secure: two soldiers from the First Air Cavalry Division move toward a helicopter which airlifted them from a two-week patrol northeast of Saigon. They are members of one of the few remaining U.S. combat units operating in South Vietnam and are charged with security of the area east of Saigon-Bien Hoa region, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, February 1972
Unknown Artist
2/1/1972
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Unknown Artist
1/2/1967
Flag draped coffins of eight American Servicemen killed in attacks on U.S. Military Installations in South Viet Nam, on February 7, are placed in transport plane at Saigon, February 9, 1965 for return flight to the United States. Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport with U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and Vietnamese officials attending
Flag draped coffins of eight American Servicemen killed in attacks on U.S. Military Installations in South Viet Nam, on February 7, are placed in transport plane at Saigon, February 9, 1965 for return flight to the United States. Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport with U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and Vietnamese officials attending
Unknown Artist
2/9/1965
Major Konrad W. Trautman is greeted by Brigade General Russell Ogan at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport Wednesday at release point, March 14, 1973
Major Konrad W. Trautman is greeted by Brigade General Russell Ogan at Hanoi’s Gia Lam airport Wednesday at release point, March 14, 1973
Horst Faas
3/14/1973
Cooling Off: Mrs. William Hodel turns a garden hose on a flag-bearing hard hat during one of several confrontations between marchers and onlookers in a Sunday "march for peace." The hard hats made up the brunt of marchers, who police estimated totaled more than 20,000. Mrs. Hodel, coming to the aid of her son and son-in-law, was later knocked to the ground, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1970
Cooling Off: Mrs. William Hodel turns a garden hose on a flag-bearing hard hat during one of several confrontations between marchers and onlookers in a Sunday "march for peace." The hard hats made up the brunt of marchers, who police estimated totaled more than 20,000. Mrs. Hodel, coming to the aid of her son and son-in-law, was later knocked to the ground, St. Louis, Missouri, June 8, 1970
Unknown Artist
6/8/1970
Leatherneck Hits the Surf: a member of the U.S. Marine 9th expedition force makes a wet landing as he struggles ashore at Da Nang Bay in South Vietnam. The Marines landed by sea and air to beef up defenses at the vital Da Nang air base, March 8, 1965
Leatherneck Hits the Surf: a member of the U.S. Marine 9th expedition force makes a wet landing as he struggles ashore at Da Nang Bay in South Vietnam. The Marines landed by sea and air to beef up defenses at the vital Da Nang air base, March 8, 1965
Unknown Artist
3/8/1965
The Old and the New: young Iranian arrives aboard his Japanese-made motorbike to visit his relative at compound north of Gonbad. The Turkoman nomadic tribesmen live in a lifestyle quite unlike their younger contemporaries, August 20, 1971
The Old and the New: young Iranian arrives aboard his Japanese-made motorbike to visit his relative at compound north of Gonbad. The Turkoman nomadic tribesmen live in a lifestyle quite unlike their younger contemporaries, August 20, 1971
Horst Faas
8/20/1971