Meo Hamlet
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Photograph
Meo Hamlet
March 2, 1971
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.6 x 24.4 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Paper: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0014
Inscriptions verso (ink): E
(ink on attached sheet): Vietnam War
(typed on attached sheet): A3997 (NY 32) / ASSOCIETED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / (SIXTH OF SIX PHOTOS IN NEWS-PACKAGE / BY HORST FAAS ON LAOS -- ADVANCE / FOR SUNDAY AMS, MARCH 7 / MEO HAMLET / THIS IS VIEW OF TYPICAL MEO HAMLET, AT / BAN XON, 65 MILES NORTH OF VIENTIANE, / LAOS. THE HAMLET IS LOCATED ON A HILLTOP / IN THE CENTRAL LAOTIAN MOUNTAINS AN ITS / INHABITANTS HAVE FLEAD FURTHER SOUTH EVERY / YEAR. ALL ABLE-BODIED MEN AND WOMEN / CARRY WEAPONS, PROVIDED BY THE AMERICANS. / THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND AGAINST LOCAL / ENEMY. BUT WOULD ABANDON THE VILLAGE IN / EVENT OF MASSIVE ATTACK. A TRENCH / SURROUNDS THE VILLAGE WICH HAS A COMMUNAL / BUNKER IN THE CENTER. / RCB/GDH 945PM 3/2/71 STF/FAAS 48 / NYWS NSL SIA STAATS ET LON PAR S&S MEX / ROM GER TOK BAI PR TME NSWK WW
(ink on attached sheet): Vietnam War
(typed on attached sheet): A3997 (NY 32) / ASSOCIETED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / (SIXTH OF SIX PHOTOS IN NEWS-PACKAGE / BY HORST FAAS ON LAOS -- ADVANCE / FOR SUNDAY AMS, MARCH 7 / MEO HAMLET / THIS IS VIEW OF TYPICAL MEO HAMLET, AT / BAN XON, 65 MILES NORTH OF VIENTIANE, / LAOS. THE HAMLET IS LOCATED ON A HILLTOP / IN THE CENTRAL LAOTIAN MOUNTAINS AN ITS / INHABITANTS HAVE FLEAD FURTHER SOUTH EVERY / YEAR. ALL ABLE-BODIED MEN AND WOMEN / CARRY WEAPONS, PROVIDED BY THE AMERICANS. / THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEFEND AGAINST LOCAL / ENEMY. BUT WOULD ABANDON THE VILLAGE IN / EVENT OF MASSIVE ATTACK. A TRENCH / SURROUNDS THE VILLAGE WICH HAS A COMMUNAL / BUNKER IN THE CENTER. / RCB/GDH 945PM 3/2/71 STF/FAAS 48 / NYWS NSL SIA STAATS ET LON PAR S&S MEX / ROM GER TOK BAI PR TME NSWK WW
