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Photo of 2 American GIs carrying wounded friend to medical help during battle of Hill 875 in Dak To fight.
Photo by French photographer Robert Cohen.
Description on paper (in French)
LEANING ON THE SHOULDERS OF HIS COMRADES. ONE OF THE NUMEROUS WOUNDED AMERICANS OF HILL 875
The Vietnam War is far from over and while the nightmare of Hill 875 is now a thing of the past, the fire and steel hell that the fighters lived through for days is forever etched in the memory of those who were lucky enough to survive. One of the most successful battles in the history of war has finally transformed this hill 875 into a set of small craters where only shredded trees stand now. We see here, on Hill 875, leaning on the shoulders of his comrades, an American wounded.
30 NOVEMBER 1967 AGIP
Stamped on back ‘AGIP Robert Cohen Reportages Photographiques …Paris’
7 x 5”
The North Vietnamese 1st Division attacks allied outposts around Dak To in the Central Highlands, an area that has been the scene of heavy fighting since the summer. Elements of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), and 173d Airborne Brigade, reinforced by South Vietnamese troops, engage the enemy in difficult, hilly terrain that is thickly covered with jungle. On November 19, in the bloodiest action of the battle, elements of the 173d Airborne Brigade are caught in a well-planned ambush at Hill 875. The enemy is largely destroyed or forced to withdraw by November 23, after weeks of costly fighting. Several North Vietnamese regiments meant to be part of the North’s upcoming Tet Offensive are decimated. The battle of Dak To is the largest and costliest engagement in the Central Highlands since 1965.
www.vietnamwar50th.com/1966-1967_taking_the_offensive/Battle-of-Dak-To/
