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A flight of four U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Vietcong jungle position with a defoliating liquid

A flight of four U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Vietcong jungle position with a defoliating liquid

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A flight of four U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Vietcong jungle position with a defoliating liquid
A flight of four U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Vietcong jungle position with a defoliating liquid
Artistfounded 1907
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A flight of four U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand C-123s spray a Vietcong jungle position with a defoliating liquid
Date1965
PlaceTan Son Nhut, Vietnam
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 8 9/16 in. (16.5 × 21.7 cm)
 Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.9 × 23 cm)
 Frame (outer): 14 3/8 × 17 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (36.6 × 44.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Object number2010.1859
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceHoward Greenberg, New York; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Usigned
United Press International Photo stamp on verso (see images on file): ...SPRAYING VIET CONG JUNGLES / ... / CREDIT (U.S. AIR FORCE, PHOTO FROM UPI) 9/29/65"

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