Horst Faas
Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam.

Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam.
Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam.
Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam.
ArtistGerman, 1933–2012
Printer
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam.
DateMarch 1965, printed 2012
Place depictedVietnam
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 × 20 in. (34.2 × 50.8 cm)
 Sheet: 17 7/16 × 24 1/16 in. (44.3 × 61.1 cm)
 Frame (outer): 22 3/8 × 28 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (56.9 × 72.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Associated Press
Object number2015.125
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