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A [Vietnamese] woman-guerilla on guard duty – Antique Print

A [Vietnamese] woman-guerilla on guard duty, [ca. 1953] — historic photograph
A [Vietnamese] woman-guerilla on guard duty, [ca. 1953]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: A [Vietnamese] woman-guerilla on guard duty, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A [Vietnamese] woman-guerilla on guard duty

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A young woman in a guerrilla unit stands on guard duty in this photograph, a role that the caption card's "Women--War Work" tracing points to as one of the many ways women took part in the conflict. The record dates the image to about 1953, during the First Indochina War, when Viet Minh forces fought French colonial troops across Vietnam. Women served in militia and guerrilla formations, carrying out sentry, supply, and support work alongside male fighters. The caption data is old and unverified, so the exact unit, location, and photographer remain unknown.

Created / published[ca. 1953]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Vietnam--Hist.--1953; B.I.; Women--War Work.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,493 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143338

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