On the Move
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On the Move

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

On the Move

August 12, 1964
Gelatin silver print
Image: 18.5 x 23.7 cm (7 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Paper: 20.7 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0011
Inscriptions verso (ink): Wirephoto - gene [crossed out] / Vietnam War
(typed on attached sheet): A 3731 / ASSOCIATED PRESS CABLEPHOTO FROM SAIGON / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / ON THE MOVE / THREE HELICOPTERS SWOOP DOWN AS THEY / CONVERGE ON A COMMUNIST VIET CONG / MACHINE GUN NEST IN JUNGLES NORTH- / WEST OF SAIGON AUGUST 12. ONE OF THE / LARGEST HELICOPTER ASSAULTS OF THE / WAR WAS HURLED AGAINST A REPORTED CONCENTRATION OF 2,000 AND 3,000 VET / CONG IN THE JUNGLE AREA AUGUST 12. / NINETY-SIX VIETNAMESE AND U.S. ARMY [?] / HELICOPTERS CARRIED NEARLY 1,000 VET- / NAMESE TROOPS INTO THE ATTACK. / MOG 1015A 8-12-64 PW 90 / NYT NYWS NN NSL LON PARIS SS STAATS [?] / SA MMEX ROME GER LP PR TMC NSWK WW
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