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Cambodian Commandos

Cambodian Commandos

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  • Cambodian Commandos: Cambodian youths, forming part of newly-mobilized commando unit, practice marching through the streets of Phnom Penh carrying Communist Chinese-made rifles. The unit has been formed by the Cambodian government as a civil guard in case of Viet Cong attack or demonstrations in favor of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the deposed Cambodian chief of state, 1970
Artist (American)
Publisher (American, founded 1846)
Date1970
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.
Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl
Object number2021.0567
A GI smiles as he waits for helicopter lift to pull his unit out of Fire Support Base Speer, six miles inside the Cambodian border, northeast of the Fishhook, 1970
A GI smiles as he waits for helicopter lift to pull his unit out of Fire Support Base Speer, six miles inside the Cambodian border, northeast of the Fishhook, 1970
Mark Godfrey
1970
GI’s of the U.S. First Cavalry division help a comrade who fell about 20 feet from helicopter as it was leaving Firebase Bronco about 17 miles inside Cambodia, north of the Fish Hook area on June 25th, 1970. As the helicopter was loading the men, the base came under enemy mortar attack and in the rush to get away several men fell
GI’s of the U.S. First Cavalry division help a comrade who fell about 20 feet from helicopter as it was leaving Firebase Bronco about 17 miles inside Cambodia, north of the Fish Hook area on June 25th, 1970. As the helicopter was loading the men, the base came under enemy mortar attack and in the rush to get away several men fell
Mark Godfrey
1970
Firebase Bronco Under Attack
Firebase Bronco Under Attack
Mark Godfrey
1970
These are some of few survivors of detention area shooting in Takeo, Cambodia on April 18th, 1970 in which more than 100 Vietnamese were reported killed
These are some of few survivors of detention area shooting in Takeo, Cambodia on April 18th, 1970 in which more than 100 Vietnamese were reported killed
Mark Godfrey
1970
Carrying Their Supplies On Their Backs
Carrying Their Supplies On Their Backs
Mark Godfrey
1969
Trussed and roped together bodies float down Mekong river in a cluster. News reports said more than 400 bodies counted, identified them as Vietnamese, and said they had been shot, April 1970
Trussed and roped together bodies float down Mekong river in a cluster. News reports said more than 400 bodies counted, identified them as Vietnamese, and said they had been shot, April 1970
Mark Godfrey
1970
Cambodia’s New Guiding Light
Cambodia’s New Guiding Light
Mark Godfrey
1990
[Third ave. elevated station stairway at 14th Street, New York]
[Third ave. elevated station stairway at 14th Street, New York]
Godfrey Frankel
1947
Under the 3rd Ave Elevated at Chatham Square
Under the 3rd Ave Elevated at Chatham Square
Godfrey Frankel
1947
Wounded Cambodian soldier grimaces in pain as he is carried from boat which evacuated him near Mekong River, Cambodia January 11th, 1971, after he was wounded in a firefight with the Viet Cong near Kampong Cham
Wounded Cambodian soldier grimaces in pain as he is carried from boat which evacuated him near Mekong River, Cambodia January 11th, 1971, after he was wounded in a firefight with the Viet Cong near Kampong Cham
Francis Baily
1971
The Struggle For Cambodia: Portrait of a Cambodian soldier; old before his time he sits slumped in a posture of abject dejection; he has witnessed the utter devastation of his country
The Struggle For Cambodia: Portrait of a Cambodian soldier; old before his time he sits slumped in a posture of abject dejection; he has witnessed the utter devastation of his country
Sarah Webb Barrell
circa 1985
Cambodian Army soldiers carry heavy boxes of ammunition on their shoulders as they cross a makeshift bridge along route 5 northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia January 2nd, 1972. Above the men public works engineers repair damaged bridge, blow up by Viet Cong sappers. The span links Phnom Penh with the rice-rich western provinces of Cambodia
Cambodian Army soldiers carry heavy boxes of ammunition on their shoulders as they cross a makeshift bridge along route 5 northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia January 2nd, 1972. Above the men public works engineers repair damaged bridge, blow up by Viet Cong sappers. The span links Phnom Penh with the rice-rich western provinces of Cambodia
Jean Duquesnay
1972