Title from caption on object: "Warrior on a Moon Beam”

July 1969

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a soldier wading through a swamp with equipment held above water. The image shows a soldier immersed in water up to the chest, navigating through a swampy area. In his left hand, he is lifting a handheld radio above the water, and in his right hand, he raises a rifle. The soldier is wearing a helmet and military uniform, suggesting he is in a combat or operational setting. Dense vegetation surrounds the water, with foliage hanging low, creating an enclosed natural environment. The photograph communicates a sense of caution and perseverance in the face of challenging terrain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 21.8 cm (6 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.1 × 25.6 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.21.20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, across top in black ink: 3 AL WARRIOR @T[illegible] 6 P; upper right stamped in red ink: STATES-ITEM; vertical along left edge printed in image: (NY10-July 20) WARRIOR ON A MOON BEAM--Lt. George Kaplan of New York / City, a 9th U.S. Division trooper, keeps up with Apollo 11 news on one / hand with a small transistor radio and war business on the other as / he wades waist deep through Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. Kaplan / is based at Dong Tam and his unit operates throughout the northern / Mekong Delta. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Saigon) (pr11520rca)1969; on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label: historicimages.com / nosp1423; center stamped in purple ink: JUL 24 1969

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