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A U.S. Marine loses his helmet as he ducks behind a tree as a second marine hugs the ground, his M16 rifle alert, after being fired upon by an undetermined number of North Vietnamese soldiers in the jungle southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam, the action took place near an enemy regimental base camp on April 22, 1969
A U.S. Marine loses his helmet as he ducks behind a tree as a second marine hugs the ground, his M16 rifle alert, after being fired upon by an undetermined number of North Vietnamese soldiers in the jungle southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam, the action took place near an enemy regimental base camp on April 22, 1969

A U.S. Marine loses his helmet as he ducks behind a tree as a second marine hugs the ground, his M16 rifle alert, after being fired upon by an undetermined number of North Vietnamese soldiers in the jungle southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam, the action took place near an enemy regimental base camp on April 22, 1969

Artist
Publisher (American, founded 1846)
Date1969
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print with applied pigment
Dimensions7 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.
Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
Object number2021.0542
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