Title from caption on object: “Aid Wounded”
April 1968
Artist, Japanese, 1936 - 1970
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 16.9 × 22.2 cm (6 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 18 × 23 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.573
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, upper right stamped in black ink: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY / NOT FOR PUBLICATION [underlined]; center right UPI copyright stamp in black ink; lower center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: SGP1591910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / AID WOUNDED / A SHAU VALLEY, S. VIETNAM: FORMING A HUMAN CHAIN, / AMERICAN TROOPS REMOVE WOUNDED BUDDIES FROM AREA / DURING RECENT OPERATION IN THIS MISTY VALLEY OF / JUNGLE IN SOUTH VIETNAM'S QUANG TRI PROVINCE. A / JOINT ALLIED FORCE IS SWEEPING THE AREA IN AN / ATTEMPT TO WIPE OUT THE BASTION COMMUNIST TROOPS / HAVE HELD WITHOUT CHALLENGE FOR THE PAST TWO / YEARS. / CREDIT (UPI PHOTO BY KYOICHI SAWADA) 4/30/68 -DC-