June 2010 Catalog > Photo Collection > Americana Photographs
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Lot 1205: Collection of Vietnam War Photographs (22)
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Large collection of 22 photographs taken between 1965 and 1970 illustrate scenes from war-torn South Vietnam and Cambodia. Many feature Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers; several are disturbing images of the dead and gravely injured with one showing the body of a Viet Cong soldier being dragged by an Army tank, and another with a Marine leading a handcuffed Viet Cong prisoner by a rope leash. Most of the photos were taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Kyoichi Sawada. Photos range from 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" to 8 x 10" and many still have the original paper captions attached to the verso. EX.
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