Leatherneck Wheels into Combat

Leatherneck Wheels into Combat

Photograph

John Lengel

Maker
American

Leatherneck Wheels into Combat

1968
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 3/8 × 6 3/4 in. (13.7 × 17.1 cm)
Paper: 6 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (16.7 × 21.6 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
2025.0010.0025
Inscriptions Printed left of image: (NY21-Feb.7) LEATHERNECK WHEELS INTO COMBAT--A U.S. Marine, loaded with \ combat gear, rides a requisitioned civilian motorbike up to the battle- \ front in Hue, South Vietnam. The Leathernecks are still battling the \ Viet Cong for control of the city. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Saigon) \ (see AP Wire story) (pr40818stf-lengel) 1968
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: JL-VNM-03.2
Inscribed in black on verso, L: 863 \ Vietnam \ Hue
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