Path of Death in Viet Nam
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Path of Death in Viet Nam

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Path of Death in Viet Nam

July 25, 1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.9 x 21.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Paper: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0344.0039
Inscriptions verso (blue ink on attached sheet): Wirephoto [crossed out in black ink] / general [crossed out in black ink]
(black ink on attached sheet): War
(typed on attached sheet): L 13356 (NY 13) / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / PATH OF DEATH IN VIET NAM / BODIES OF COMMUNIST VIET CONG GUERRILLAS / WERE LINED UP ON THE RICE PADDY BY / VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TROOPS AFTER A / NIGHT LONG MOPPING UP OPERATION IN MAKONG / DELTA JULY 21. THEY WERE AMONG THE SOME / 58 GUERRILLAS WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE / OPERATION IN WHICH 1,200 GOVERNMENT TROOPS / PARTICIPATED. IN BACKGROUND IS VIETNAMESE / ARMORED VEHICLE. / NW 910A 7/25/63 FAAS 68 / WTELLY NYT NYWS NR SAMER-36 BAIRES MEX PRICO TMC NWSK WW
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