Henri Huet
"Wearing a bloody bandage over the left side of his face, medic Thomas Cole of Richmond, Va., cradles the head of Staff Sergeant Harrison C. D. Pell from Hazelton, Pa., of the First Cavalry Division."
Artist
Henri Huet (French, 1927–1971)French, 1927–1971
Titles
- "Wearing a bloody bandage over the left side of his face, medic Thomas Cole of Richmond, Va., cradles the head of Staff Sergeant Harrison C. D. Pell from Hazelton, Pa., of the First Cavalry Division."
DateJanuary 1966, printed 1975
PlaceVietnam
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (21 × 15.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 8 in. (22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 8 in. (22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of the photographer
Object number2011.562
Not on view
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inscribed in ink: Vietnam [encircled] War-Highlights
Unsigned
Stamped in ink on verso: SUN-TIMES / APR 30 1975
Printed newspaper article adhered to verso: Wounded Pfc. Thomas Cole, a medic with U.S. 1st Air / Cavalry, uses his unbandaged eye to look after a wounded / GI in Vietnam. AP photographer Henri Huet, who took this / picture, was killed in Laos a month later.
Typed caption on paper adhered to verso: (HOLD FOR RELEASE--FOR USE WITH VIETNAM PREPAREDNESS .) [UNDERLINED] / (NY5-April 22) )PHOTOGRAPHER'S LEGACY-Wounded Pfc.Tomas / Cole, a medic from Richmond,Va., looks up with one un- / bandaged eye as he continues to tend other wounded dur- / ing firefight between U.S. First Air Cavalry unit and / enemy troops, in this photo made by AP staff photographer / Henri Huet . The photograph was taken in January 1966. / A month later, Huet was reported missing in Laos along / with other news photographers following a helicopter / crash. (AP Wirephoto)(hmb21705fls)1975
Printed newspaper article adhered to verso: Wounded Pfc. Thomas Cole, a medic with U.S. 1st Air / Cavalry, uses his unbandaged eye to look after a wounded / GI in Vietnam. AP photographer Henri Huet, who took this / picture, was killed in Laos a month later.
Typed caption on paper adhered to verso: (HOLD FOR RELEASE--FOR USE WITH VIETNAM PREPAREDNESS .) [UNDERLINED] / (NY5-April 22) )PHOTOGRAPHER'S LEGACY-Wounded Pfc.Tomas / Cole, a medic from Richmond,Va., looks up with one un- / bandaged eye as he continues to tend other wounded dur- / ing firefight between U.S. First Air Cavalry unit and / enemy troops, in this photo made by AP staff photographer / Henri Huet . The photograph was taken in January 1966. / A month later, Huet was reported missing in Laos along / with other news photographers following a helicopter / crash. (AP Wirephoto)(hmb21705fls)1975
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