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Executed Man

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man laying on ground as the final bullet is delivered. The execution was somehow bungled by the firing squad and this coup d'grace was required to...
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Perimeter East

Date: 1961
Description: Rear view of a soldier at a wall on the edge of the Vietnamese village of Binh Hung. A rifle and pack are hanging from a wooden post, and next to it is a s...
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South Vietnamese Patrol

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers from the Sea Swallow Army wading along a canal on patrol near the village of Binh Hung. Grass buildings are in the background nea...
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Viet Cong Prisoners Carrying Body

Date: 1961
Description: Two Viet Cong prisoners carry the body of a recently killed South Vietnamese paratrooper, wrapped in canvas and tied to a pole. The prisoners are supervise...
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Attendants at the Le Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: A portrait of five women, standing in a line outdoors, who are attendants of the bride at the wedding of Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, Vietna...
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Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: Helilift of corpses after a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop mats on the ground in a field. S...
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Helilift of Corpses

Date: 06 1962
Description: In the aftermath of Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi, corpses await helilift. The corpses are wrapped in sheets and lying atop woven mats in a ...
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Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le's Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: The bride Anh Le Vuong and groom Tien Vinh Le at their wedding in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Their attendants are at their sides. The woman next to Vuong is holdi...
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Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le's Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: The bride Anh le Vuong and groom Tien Vinh Le stand with attendants and children at their wedding in Binh Hung, Vietnam. An attandant is holding a parasol ...
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Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le's Wedding

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: The bride Anh Le Vuong and groom Tien Vinh Le walk together at their wedding in Binh Hung, Vietnam. They are holding flowers and an attendant on the left i...
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Wounded Marine

Date: 02 1945
Description: Corporal William (Bill) Fenton lays badly wounded, waiting for medical treatment. There is a note on his shirt that reads "urgent." Fenton survived the inj...
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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Prisoner Precedes His Captors

Date: 1962
Description: A man caught with Communist propaganda is taken, with his arms bound, to a waiting helicopter. The soldiers who captured him walk behind with weapons raise...
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Father Hoa on the Canal

Date: 1961
Description: Father Augustin Nguyen lac Hoa, the fighting priest, sits in a boat on the canal between Binh Hung and Tan Hung Tay. Father Hoa is in uniform and holds a r...
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Village of Binh Hung

Date: 1964
Description: View looking over barbed wire towards a helicopter flying over the village of Binh Hung, a base for the fighting operations for the South Vietnamese. Two c...
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New Sea Swallow Graduates

Date: 10 1961
Description: View from water of a newly formed company of Vietnamese Sea Swallows riding in a boat near Binh Hung as they joyously celebrate its graduation from trainin...
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Vietnamese Men and Children

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Vietnamese men and several children. They are probably gathered to attend the wedding of Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hu...
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Dead Viet Cong

Date: 1961
Description: Body of a Viet Cong sympathizer who had been painting anti-government propaganda banners to hang in a South Vietnamese border village. Some of the banners ...
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Vietnamese Men and Children

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Group portrait of Vietnamese men and children standing outdoors, who have probably gathered for the wedding of Anh Le Vuong and Tien Vinh Le in Binh Hung, ...

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