Title from caption on object: “Newsmen Braving Fiery Hell Recorded These Vivid Scenes of the Battle for Hill 875…”

November 22, 1967

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

United Press International

Publisher

This is a photograph of soldiers walking in a forested area. The soldiers are in motion, with one assisting another as they move through the natural environment. They are wearing military gear and carrying rifles. The image has a vintage look, possibly sepia-toned. The background is blurred foliage and earth. The soldiers display urgency and camaraderie.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.6 × 25 cm (7 5/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.5 × 27.8 cm (7 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.578

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in black ink; crop marks lower left and lower right in black ink; on verso, center left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / NOV 24 1967; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: [reproduction of image] / Newsmen braving fiery hell recorded these / vivid scenes of the battle for Hill 875 raging / this Thanksgiving eve. Here a wounded 173d / Brigade GI is borne through jungle. / —UPI photo by Ward Graham; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: NOV 22 1967; center right printed in black ink perpendicular underlined in red pencil: VIETNAM [circled in red pencil] U. S. CASUALTIES; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 1/9

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