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1966 Vietnam AP Press photo, Long Khan province. From Santa Clara University:
"Long khanh fallen" by Pfc. L. Paul Epley.
SP4 Ruediger Richter (Columbus, Georgia), 4th Bn., 503 Inf., 173 Abn Bde (Separate), lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? SGT. Daniel E. Spencer (Bend, Oregon) stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills in Long Khanh Province
Comrade was killed by mortar fire in South Vietnam on Aug. 14, 1966
Label on back:
5853 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO DE PARIS PRIERE DE FAIRE MENTION
MORT DANS LA JUNGLE
Cette scène poignante de la guerre au Vietnam ; a été photographiée par un jeune soldat américain, Paul Epley ; à gauche, quelques camarades Ruediger Richter qui attendent la venue d’un hélicoptère d’évacuation; à droite, le sergent Daniel Spencer, qui semble garder le corps enveloppé d’un camarade mort au cours de l’opération qui s’est déroulée dans la jungle de la province du Long Khan; la fumée que l’on voit tout autour est celle d’un fumigène de reperage.
Associated Press photo 15/10/66
DEATH IN THE JUNGLE
This poignant scene of the war in Vietnam; was photographed by a young American soldier, Paul Epley; on the left, some comrades Ruediger Richter who are waiting for an evacuation helicopter; on the right, sergeant Daniel Spencer, who seems to keep the wrapped body of a comrade dead during the operation that took place in the jungle of the Long Khan province; the smoke that is seen all around is that of a recon fumigation.
Slight damage LL
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In May 1965, two battalions of the 503rd Infantry deployed as part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade to Vietnam as the first major U.S. Army ground combat unit to be deployed, joined later by 4-503rd Inf and 3-503rd Inf (bearing the lineages of the former Company D and Company C, 503rd PIR, respectively). During its six years in Vietnam, the four battalions of the 503rd participated in fourteen campaigns, earning two more Presidential Unit Citations and a Meritorious Unit Commendation.
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