American helicopter gunner machine guns Viet Cong
Artist
Larry Burrows
(English, 1926 - 1971)
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 3/8 inches (24.29 × 33.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of Russell and Barbara Burrows
Object number2014.35.1
SignedOn sheet verso, top right corner, black stamp: “Photography by Larry Burrows / ©Larry Burrows Collection”
InscribedOn sheet verso, top left, in pencil: “x Vietnam. POL. Rev. – Viet Cong / x USAF – in FC – Vietnam / (Amer. helicopter gunner / machine guns Viet Cong guerilla / outpost in Delta)”;
On sheet verso, bottom center, blue stamp with blue pencil: “LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / L.Burrows / Property of Life Magazine / Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / TAKE NO. / 3 / DATE / 5-23-64 / SET NO / 70646-A / STORY & LOCATION / War in Vietnam / BLACK & WHITE FILM / 35mm / 39”.
MarkingsOn sheet verso, top right corner, in pencil: “T7064605”;
On sheet verso, top right, in pencil: “646 / 3c41 – 13”
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DescriptionImage of soldier firing gun into landscape from helicopter.Copyright© Larry Burrows Collection
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