THU/67/1169/VN Accession Number: THU/67/1169/VN

Description

Lieutenant Stevenson and Hue, a young Vietnamese boy, sit in a jeep at the Mobile Strike Force camp. Hue can strip and assemble weapons faster than most of the men in the unit, an art he learnt from the Viet Cong. Note the barbed wire fence in the background.

Details

Accession Number
THU/67/1169/VN
Photographer
Kevin Denham Thurgar
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
November 1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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