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DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (22.2 x 17.5 cm)
Accession Number 2024.298
Classificationsphotograph
Pulling Out: an American soldier sits amid his gear before pulling out of Firebase Charlie Two recently. The firebase, located just south of the DMZ in Vietnam, was turned over to the South Vietnamese, July 13, 1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Image Not Available for American GI shakes hands with his buddy December 23rd, 1971 before leaving for home the hard way. The soldier, along with another GI, was removed from this base after a heavy load of steel plates fell on him, Fire Base Andrews, South Vietnam
American GI shakes hands with his buddy December 23rd, 1971 before leaving for home the hard way. The soldier, along with another GI, was removed from this base after a heavy load of steel plates fell on him, Fire Base Andrews, South Vietnam
1971
Image Not Available for Meo Guerrilla and Son: This Meo guerrilla and his son in the village of Tin Bong which is located in a 5, 000-foot Valley in Laos. Meo guerrillas have fought the pathet Lao and North Vietnamese since 1955, March 1, 1971
Meo Guerrilla and Son: This Meo guerrilla and his son in the village of Tin Bong which is located in a 5, 000-foot Valley in Laos. Meo guerrillas have fought the pathet Lao and North Vietnamese since 1955, March 1, 1971
1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Blast Scatters Dead and Wounded: injured Vietnamese receive aid as they lie on the street after a bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, March 30, 1965. Smoke rises from wreckage in background. At least two Americans and several Vietnamese were killed in the bombing. Vietnamese father (left) searched for his child
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sgt. Ralph Kilpatrick - Soldier Behind North Korea Lines for 77 Days: Taejon, South Korea: An army mess sergeant was the hero of the 24th Division when he returned from 77 death-despairing days behind communist lines. Ralph Kilpatrick, of Phoebus, Virginia, came out of the once-held enemy hills to his buddies in the 19th Infantry Regiment in good health with a harrowing story of grimly hanging to life in enemy-saturated territory. Kilpatrick is pictured as he received a medical checkup from Lieutenant Alfred J. Grose, of Rochester, New York, October 4, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
1972
Image Not Available for U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
U.S. Army Lt. James Gleason, a bandage over a head wound, talks to fellow soldiers after surviving a heavy Viet Cong ambush near Cheo Reo in the central highlands of Vietnam. Gleason and other Americans were advising a Vietnamese force which was to evacuate a small town near Cheo Reo when the guerrillas attacked the motorized convoy. Four Americans and about 50 Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the attack, June 30, 1965
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anders pulling splinter from his foot
Wolfgang Tillmans
2004
Image Not Available for Segregationist John Kasper, right, is interviewed by a newsman as he and six of his followers picketed the White House today. Kasper said he believed that the four governors scheduled to confer with Mr. Eisenhower this afternoon "will sell out the South because they have sole their own people out.", October 1, 1957
Segregationist John Kasper, right, is interviewed by a newsman as he and six of his followers picketed the White House today. Kasper said he believed that the four governors scheduled to confer with Mr. Eisenhower this afternoon "will sell out the South because they have sole their own people out.", October 1, 1957
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1957
Image Not Available for Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
Making an Adjustment: a ground crewman makes an adjustment to a rocket before installing it aboard a bomber making strikes over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea recently, on Yankee Station off the coast of Vietnam, January 15, 1972
1972
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Urges Adoption Of All Out Civil Rights Program: Attired in cap and gown, President Truman calls for swift adoption of an all out Civil Rights program backed up by "the full force and power of the federal government" in his commencement address today at Howard University, a Negro institution. The President said he was "not one of those who feel that we can leave these matters up to the state alone, or that we can rely solely on the efforts of men of good will," Washington D.C., June 13, 1952
Unknown Associated Press photographer
1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: American wounded in battle in South Korea are evacuated by jeeps and litter from the front line. They pass a column of troops being moved up to the front. One man is going into battle well shaved as he soaps his face, July 10, 1950
1950