In Memory of a Tet Offensive Victim

In Memory of a Tet Offensive Victim

Photograph

Horst Faas

Maker
German, 1933–2012

In Memory of a Tet Offensive Victim

1969
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 11/16 × 9 1/16 in. (14.5 × 23 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
2025.0010.0033
Inscriptions Printed above image: (FOR USE WITH HUE SPOTLIGHTER BY GEORGE MACARTHUR FOR AMS OF SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2) \ (NY6--Jan. 31) IN MEMORY OF A TET OFFENSIVE VICTIM--A stone marker and fresh flowers mark the \ grave site of one civilian victim of fighting in Hue, South Vietnam, during the enemy's Tet \ offensive last year. In the background is Hue University which served as a first aid station and \ refugee center during the battling. (AP Wirephoto) (hmb60235stf-HF) 1969
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: HF-VNM-50.2
Stamped in blue on verso, BL: FEB 4 1969
Toyed and inscribed in black on verso, R: VIETNAM-War-1969 (MEMORIAL TO TET OFFENSIVE VICTIM)
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