Photograph
Vietnamese Funeral
| Funeral at Binh Hung, Vietnam for several members of the Vietnamese Sea Swallows battallion who were killed in combat against Viet Cong forces on May 29. Under a roofed building with columns are elaborately decorated caskets draped with flags, with candles burning at the end of each one. Mourners are sitting among the caskets, and lines of soldiers paying their respects are lined up outdoors in the background. |
| Image ID: | 116949 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 1962 |
| Creator Name: | Chapelle, Dickey |
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| Collection Name: | Dickey Chapelle papers, 1933-1967 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, color |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3301L, LB22955.V139 |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| Clothing and dress |
| Ethnic architecture |
| Funeral rites and ceremonies |
| Soldiers |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
| War casualties |
| Asians |
| Crowds |
| Dead |
| Indoor photography |
| Flags |
| Signs and symbols |
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