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Army ‘Copter Pilot Eric (Crazy) Rairdon: “Suddenly I saw two bullet holes appear,” August 1969
Army ‘Copter Pilot Eric (Crazy) Rairdon: “Suddenly I saw two bullet holes appear,” August 1969

Army ‘Copter Pilot Eric (Crazy) Rairdon: “Suddenly I saw two bullet holes appear,” August 1969

Artist (American, active 1960s)
Date1969
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print with applied pigment
Dimensions9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.
Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
Object number2021.0527
American and South Vietnamese units are beginning to work together more often — but some think the result is an even greater dependence on U.S. troops, with no gain in Vietnamese efficiency. The Vietnamese are unwilling to give up a fraction of their command. One U.S. adviser said recently: “All I do now is settle disputes between them (Vietnamese) and the Americans.” Shown here is a combined operation between Vietnamese Rangers and the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade on the edge of the Mekong Delta
American and South Vietnamese units are beginning to work together more often — but some think the result is an even greater dependence on U.S. troops, with no gain in Vietnamese efficiency. The Vietnamese are unwilling to give up a fraction of their command. One U.S. adviser said recently: “All I do now is settle disputes between them (Vietnamese) and the Americans.” Shown here is a combined operation between Vietnamese Rangers and the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade on the edge of the Mekong Delta
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Travel Power
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This Air Force photo, taken by Lieutenant Colonel Morgan R. Beamer of Salinas, California, in an RF-4C Phantom, shows the intense ground fire faced by United States pilots flying missions over North Vietnam.
This Air Force photo, taken by Lieutenant Colonel Morgan R. Beamer of Salinas, California, in an RF-4C Phantom, shows the intense ground fire faced by United States pilots flying missions over North Vietnam.
Morgan R. Beamer
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Yvon Cornu
1969
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Mark Jury
1973
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Denise Bellon
1935
A little Ethiopian native gets his injured arm bandaged by an Italian army doctor after Mussolini's men captured Aduwa, November 6, 1935
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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"How about putting nine holes into soya beans until this administration blows over?"
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Alan Dunn
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No caption (drilling holes in model of planet)
No caption (drilling holes in model of planet)
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Oath for Johnson on Air Force One
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