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U.S. Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Image non disponible pour U.S. Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
U.S. Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Image non disponible pour U.S. Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
ArtistAmerican, born 1969
Printer
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • U.S. Marines sleep in their fighting holes inside a compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
DateJuly 8, 2009, printed 2012
Place depictedHelmand Province, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 20 in. (33.8 × 50.8 cm)
 Sheet: 17 5/16 × 24 1/16 in. (43.9 × 61.1 cm)
 Frame (outer): 22 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (57.4 × 72.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Associated Press
Object number2015.130
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2015.
Published References The photographs have been variously published in books and media publications. All were included in: Tucker, Anne, Will Michels, and Natalie Zelt. "War/Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath" (Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2012).

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Image non disponible pour Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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