US armed copter flying reconnaissance over rice paddies of Delta area...
Artist
Larry Burrows
(English, 1926 - 1971)
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 × 13 5/16 inches (22.86 × 33.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Russell and Barbara Burrows
Object number2014.35.2
Signednone
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, blue stamp with blue pencil, upside down: “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”;
On sheet verso, bottom center, in pencil: “x Vietnam – POL. - Rev. – Viet Cong / (US armed ‘copter flying Reconnaissance / over Rice Paddies of Delta area, in / support of ground operations by Troops below) / x USAF – in FC – Vietnam / x USAF – Equip. – Guns – Machine”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, center left, red stamp: “LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION”;
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “646 / 3c27 / 11”.
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DescriptionImage of soldier flying in helicopter, holding gun, and looking down at tiny figures in landscape. Copyright© Larry Burrows Collection
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