The Operation Starts
Photograph
The Operation Starts
ca. 1970
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 1/4 × 6 13/16 in. (20.9 × 17.3 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
2025.0010.0035
Inscriptions (ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY AMS, JULY 21--WITH STORY BY HORST FAAS) \ (NY26-July 19) THE OPERATION STARTS--Vietnamese troops and their \ American adviser leap out of a hovering U.S. helicopter as they begin \ an attack against a village suspected of harboring Viet Cong rebels in South \ Viet Nam. The choppers did not land because of possible guerrilla traps \ in the form of spikes and wires that would prevent its taking off \ again. The landing drew rebel gunfire, but no one was hit. (APWirephoto) \ (b6133OHF) (EDS: Identification of Americans unavailable) \ (See also wirephotos NY25 and NY27)
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TCL: HF-VNM-242
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TCL: HF-VNM-242
