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A USA Army river boat crew on the Van Co Dong River [D 8182/12(Misc)] • Photograph

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Summary

'A river boat crew grapples with reeds and creepers blocking the entrance of an old irrigation canal leading from the Van Co Dong River. Many caches of arms and ammo were found buried along the banks of these canals. These boats had twin browning machine guns on the bow, a grenade launcher on the stern and twin 220 hp motors for speed and acceleration! The VC often ambushed them along narrow rivers - hence the need for speed.' [This was the same trip as photographs 8, 10 & 14. See also D 8182/11(Misc).]

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 25 cm x 19.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

1968

Photographer

McInerney, Graham

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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General notes

Image from a collection of papers and photographs documenting Graham McInerney's experience in the Vietnam War, where he was working as a photographer with the Associated Press Newsagency. These photographs are referred to in OH 882: Interview with Graham McInerney [with] interviewer June Edwards.

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Date

21/11/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,622 x 3,303 pixels (8.7 MP)

Size

26.01 MB

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