Bombing Cambodian Villages
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Bombing Cambodian Villages

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Bombing Cambodian Villages

August 3, 1971
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.9 x 24.1 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Paper: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0008
Inscriptions recto (in image): (SATI)CHIPOU, CAMBODIA, AUG. 3--BOMBING CAMBODIAN VILLAGES--A Vietnamese skyraider pulls out of its / bomb run after a phosphorous bomb explodes on suspected enemy positions in a small Cambodian Vil- / lage south of Chipou, near highway one. Im [sic] the foreground, three Vietnamese troopers direct the / airstrikes. The operation is part of a large sweep by 3,500 South Vietnamese troops launched last / Wednesday. Its aim is to curb North Vietnamese infiltration into the southern half of South Viet- / nam and safeguard the forthcoming national elections from sabotage. (AP WIREPHOTO BY RADIO FROM / SAIGON) (SEE AP AAA WIRE STORY) (lsk32145stf)1971
verso (ink): Vietnam War
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