Anonymous for Wide World Photos
The Rocky Road Through Hue, Vietnam
1968
image: 8 13/16 x 6 5/8 inches (22.38 x 16.83 cm); sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 1/16 (23.18 x 17.94 cm)
Gelatin silver print with attached mimeograph caption.
Gift of Alan Lloyd Paris.
2014.21
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Verso: World Wide Photos copyright stamp in blue ink, lower center; label affixed to verso, typed in black ink: "THE ROCKY ROAD THROUGH HUE" / "U.S. MARINES CROUCH LOW IN THE RUBBLE OF ONE OF THE TOWER S [sic] OF HUE'S NOW FAMOUS CITADEL. THEY AWAIT AN ARTILLERY STRIKE BEFORE ADVANCING ON NORTH VIETNAMESE POSITIONS IN THE ANCIENT STONE FORTRESS THAT HAS PROVIDED PROTECTION FOR THE ENEMY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS." // "B/D 2/20/63 12N MBR/SS 53" / "NYT NATOB NYWS NR STATS HUD TMC NWSK WW FOR 25--"
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Alan Lloyd Paris.
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