Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: TSI, Wang
Event Date: 1971-08
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.082046

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, attached inscription, typed: WANG TSI / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Date: August 1971 / Place: II Cop, Vietnam / Gearing up for another day’s patrol, this G.I. belongs to the / ill fated Americal [sic] Division whose claim to fame in Vietnam was Lt. Kelly / and My Lai. Operating not foo [sic] far from My Lai, this soldier’s outfit / was participating in a series of “Eagle Flight” operations. In this type / of operation his unit would be ferried by Huey Choppers and strike / two to three hill top targets in one day.; watermark: EATON’S / CORRASABLE / BOND / USA / BERKSHIRE / 25% COTTON FIBER; handwritten: VF4707 [upside down]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: [copyright symbol] 1984 [crossed out] / WANG TZI [handwritten] / from BLACK STAR [stamped]; handwritten: 10-24-86Credit: [star] ? 1984 / WANG TSI / from BLACK STARCaptions: Verso: WANG TSI / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Date: August 1971 / Place: II Corp, Vietnam / Gearing up for another day's patrol, this G.I. belongs to the / ill fated Americal Division whose claim in Vietnam was Lt. Kelly / and My Lai. Operating not too far from May Lai, this soldier's outfit / was participating in a series of "Eagle Flight" operations. In this type / of operation his unit would be ferried by Huey Choppers and strike / two to three hill top targets in one day.Markings:Verso: WANG TSI / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / Date: August 1971 / Place: II Corp, Vietnam / Gearing up for another day's patrol, this G.I. belongs to the / ill fated Americal Division whose claim in Vietnam was Lt. Kelly / and My Lai. Operating not too far from May Lai, this soldier's outfit / was participating in a series of "Eagle Flight" operations. In this type / of operation his unit would be ferried by Huey Choppers and strike / two to three hill top targets in one day.

Tagasauris Keywords: 1 person; 1 person; Bullet; Day; Firearm; Hat; Landscape; M60 machine gun; Machine gun; Male; Mountain; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Panoramic; Soldier; Three-Quarter-Length Portrait; United States; Unrest, conflicts and war; Vietnam; Vietnam War; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: VIETNAM / VIETNAM WAR
Retouching: N