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Country:
United States
Category:
Photos / Newspaper / Defence
GasMasksRule.org Library Collection

Vietnam: North Viet Cong Gas Mask Worn by U.S. G.I.

USPHO1001

Type:
Photo
Title:
Vietnam: North Viet Cong Gas Mask Worn by U.S. G.I.
Translated Title:
Publisher:
Unknown
Author(s):
Unknown
Publication Date:
1967
Pages:
1
Language:
English
Edition:
N/A
Press photo of a U.S. G.I. wearing a Viet Cong gas mask. Reverse side has newspaper clipping of the original article that utilised the photo. The short blurb under the photo on the newspaper clipping reads: "A soldier of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division looks like a creature from another world as he tries on a Viet Cong gas mask made of plastic bag and bandages. Hundreds of these masks were found in enemy supply and base camps in War Zone C by U.S. troops." The clipping is stamped "MAR 30 1967".
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