Plugging Escape Routes

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Plugging Escape Routes: Binh Tinh, South Viet Nam: A woman with a baby in one arm pulls an aged villager to safety as a U.S. Marine calls for a demolition squad after discovering tunnels under several huts in a heavily infested Viet Cong area. The leathernecks fought their way into the village under sniper fire during amphibious operation "Blue Marlin II" south of Da Nang, Nov. 16th.

Artist Steve Northup (American)

DateNovember 16, 1965

ClassificationsPhotograph

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage area: 6 1/2 x 9 7/16 in. (16.5 x 24 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.5 x 25.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hilary Leff & Elliot Groffman

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