Humanitarian Medical Treatment Mission, Vietnam | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Humanitarian Medical Treatment Mission, Vietnam

Humanitarian Medical Treatment Mission, Vietnam | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Joint MEDICO/U.S. Army humanitarian medical treatment mission to a forward village near the Laoation border in the mountain region of Vietnam. A man in fatigues is crouching on the floor of a stone building talking to a woman holding a boy while another man in fatigues listens. There is a table with medical supplies on it in the foreground and other women, children and men look on in the background. Mission was made by helicopter under fire most of the way.
DESCRIPTION
Joint MEDICO/U.S. Army humanitarian medical treatment mission to a forward village near the Laoation border in the mountain region of Vietnam. A man in fatigues is crouching on the floor of a stone building talking to a woman holding a boy while another man in fatigues listens. There is a table with medical supplies on it in the foreground and other women, children and men look on in the background. Mission was made by helicopter under fire most of the way.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:86765
Creation Date: 1962
Creator Name:Chapelle, Dickey
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County:
State:
Collection Name:Dickey Chapelle papers, 1933-1967
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:transparency, color
Original Format Number:PH 3301L, National Geographic, slide #R45 F11
Original Dimensions:35mm
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
mountain region, Vietnam. See also VN-57
SUBJECTS
Stone buildings
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Cities and towns
Medical equipment & supplies
Patients
Military uniforms
Soldiers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
War
Asians
Children
Indoor photography
Infants
Women

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