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Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971
Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971
Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971

Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971

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Date4/1/1971
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions8(?) x 7 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
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Object number2024.327
Status
Not on view
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
President for Life: President "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti sits on top steps of Palace in Port au Prince, surrounded by his guards. Occasion was his third anniversary as president for life of the Caribbean negro nation. Duvalier has just emerged from another Haitian crisis and observers see no end soon to his despotic rule, June 1967
President for Life: President "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti sits on top steps of Palace in Port au Prince, surrounded by his guards. Occasion was his third anniversary as president for life of the Caribbean negro nation. Duvalier has just emerged from another Haitian crisis and observers see no end soon to his despotic rule, June 1967
Eddie Adams
6/1/1967
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Horst Faas
9/5/1963
Covent Garden Market, Westminster Elections
Covent Garden Market, Westminster Elections
Thomas Rowlandson
1808
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
Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy
Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy
Horst Faas
8/1/1968
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
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
Unknown Artist
4/6/1968
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
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
Eddie Adams
10/20/1971
No One Has Seen Us (Nadie nos ha visto)
No One Has Seen Us (Nadie nos ha visto)
Francisco de Goya
1797 - 1798
Nadie nos ha visto (No One Has Seen Us)
Nadie nos ha visto (No One Has Seen Us)
Francisco de Goya
1797 - 1798