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American soldiers with Vietnamese prisoners [D 8182/22(Misc)] • Photograph

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Summary

'A body snatch. This was a regular practise of the Americans. A helicopter would fly out from one of the military camps, select a paddy field at random, swoop down and wait whilst a couple of crew members grabbed three or four of the workers. These people were then taken back for identity checks and interrogation. The idea was to discourage VC from mingling with local inhabitants during the day.'

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 17.8 cm x 24.6 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.

Digitisation information

Date

21/11/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,582 x 2,917 pixels (10.4 MP)

Size

31.38 MB

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