Anja Niedringhaus
A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a GI Joe mascot as a good luck charm in his backpack as his unit pushes further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq.

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A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a GI Joe mascot as a good luck charm in his backpack as his unit pushes further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq.
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ArtistGerman, 1965–2014
Printer
CultureGerman
Titles
  • A U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a GI Joe mascot as a good luck charm in his backpack as his unit pushes further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq.
DateNovember 14, 2004, printed 2012
Place depictedFallujah, Iraq
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/4 × 20 in. (33.7 × 50.8 cm)
 Sheet: 17 1/4 × 24 in. (43.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Associated Press
Object number2015.116
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ProvenanceGiven to MFAH, 2015.
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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