Henri Huet
The body of an American paratrooper killed in action in the jungle near the Cambodian border is raised up to an evacuation helicopter, Vietnam

The body of an American paratrooper killed in action in the jungle near the Cambodian border is raised up to an evacuation helicopter, Vietnam

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The body of an American paratrooper killed in action in the jungle near the Cambodian border is raised up to an evacuation helicopter, Vietnam
The body of an American paratrooper killed in action in the jungle near the Cambodian border is raised up to an evacuation helicopter, Vietnam
ArtistFrench, 1927–1971
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The body of an American paratrooper killed in action in the jungle near the Cambodian border is raised up to an evacuation helicopter, Vietnam
Date1966, printed 2004
PlaceVietnam
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (34 x 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2004.2029
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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