Face Etched in Pain
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Face Etched in Pain

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Face Etched in Pain

January 22, 1973
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.9 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Paper: 25.6 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0023
Inscriptions recto (in image): (SAI-3)NEAR U MINH, SOUTH VIETNAM, JAN. 22--FACE ETCHED IN PAIN--The pains / of war are etched in face of South Vietnamese soldier who was wounded, / captured and later escaped during bitter fighting near U Minh Forrest, / 100 miles southwest of Saigon. Troops were attempting to regain Viet / Cong controlled area when ambushed, resulting in more than 100 men killed. / (AP Wirephoto via radio from Saigon) (See AP AAA wire story) (LL20930rca) / 1973
verso (ink): Vietnam War
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