Provenance

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

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Inscriptions

on verso, lower left UPI copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; lower center printed in blue ink on applied paper inverted: NXP1703602(FILE) ................. UNIPIX / THE WAR YEARS / FIREBASE GLADIATOR, SOUTH VIETNAM: TALK OF A POSSIBLE / CEASE-FIRE IN VIETNAM CONTINUES. THIS SERIES OF / PICTURES UNDERSCORES WHAT THE VIETNAM WAR HAS MEANT / AND WHAT IT HAS COST. WARFARE HAS LEFT ITS MARK ON / INDOCHINA IN THE FORM OF RUINED VILLAGES AND DEVASTED / COUNTRYSIDE. THERE ARE PHYSICAL SCARS THAT MAY TAKE / GENERATIONS TO HEAL. IN THIS APRIL 25, 1971 FILE PHOTO, / A U.S. SOLDIER MOVES AMID SHATTERED TREES AS HE / CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES A COMMUNIST BUNKER. THE PICTURE WAS / ONE OF A SERIES THAT WON A PULITZER PRIZE FOR UPI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID KENNERLY. / NX-1-2-3 / CREDIT (UPI) FROM FILES PHOTO BY DAVID KENNERLY 11-2-72 JO / SEE: 1592712, 1511334, 1501130, 1486251 / (NOTE: ADDITIONAL PICTURES IN THIS SERIES WILL BE / INCLUDED IN THE NEXT -11/3- UNIPIX PACKAGE. PLEASE RETAIN / ALL PICTURES FOR USE WITH CEASE-FIRE DISPATCHES)