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Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" A young Vietnamese woman looks at camera as the other women in front of her stand in formation.

Paramilitary women graduates in formation

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Several Vietnamese paramilitary women loading guns in a line.

Paramilitary graduates demonstrate gun loading

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Several Vietnamese women are loading guns in a line. (different angle)

Paramilitary graduates demonstrate gun loading

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan) is standing as a women holding a flag is front of her.

Madame Nhu on stage

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" A formation of Vietnamese women as they hold gund on their backs.

Paramilitary women graduates in formation

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan) is sitting on stage - people are seen sitting behind her.

Madame Nhu on stage

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Madame Nhu is sitting on stage with a young boy in her lap.

Madame Nhu with her son

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Several Vietnamese women are standing in line behind their guns.

Paramilitary graduates demonstrate gun loading

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Young Vietnamese paramilitary woman is standing in military formation.

Paramilitary women graduates

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan) standing in front of her chair on a stage.

Madame Nhu with her son

Original caption: "Mne. Nhu + Paramilit. Graduation - 27 Feb 63" Madame Nhu (Tran Le Xuan) sitting on a stage.

Madame Nhu

A Vietnamese woman is sitting on the ground and praying. Many other women are seen praying behind her in rows.

Woman praying

Three Vietnamese women sit cross legged and pray. The woman in the middle is holding a book.

Women praying

A Vietnamese man uses a paddle to scoop rice for a Vietnamese villager in a rice hat. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers and sandbags.

Getting rice in Vietnamese Army camp

A Vietnamese girl holding a stick and a rice hat full of supplies walks along a path as a Vietnamese soldier looks on. The path is lined with barbed wire.

Vietnamese girl transports supplies

Some Vietnamese villagers on a path are carrying supplies with baskets on yokes. A Vietnamese soldier looks on from the side. The path is lined with barbed wire.

Vietnamese transporting supplies on guarded path

A Vietnamese man uses a paddle to scoop rice for a Vietnamese villager in a rice hat. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers.

Getting rice in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. The woman holds out a sack to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Three Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. Two women holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. A woman holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

Two Vietnamese people reach into a metal bin. A woman holds out her rice hat like a bowl, probably to hold supplies. They appear to be in a Vietnamese Army camp, surrounded by soldiers, barbed wire, and sandbags.

Getting food in Vietnamese Army camp

A Vietnamese woman standing in a shop or restaurant.

Woman in a shop

Three Vietnamese women cooking in a kitchen. It may be a restaurant kitchen.

Women cooking

The outside of shop or restaurant. There are long awnings protecting the shop from the sun. There are two women inside.

Women in a shop

A Vietnamese woman appears to be threshing rice on a wooden dock or bridge. She is surrounded by baskets.

Threshing rice

An American soldier hands some coins to a Vietnamese woman in a shop.

American soldier paying Vietnamese woman

An American soldier watches a Vietnamese woman cook in a restaurant.

American soldier watches woman cooking

A group of Vietnamese men sit in a restaurant with a man and a woman standing in the background.

Restaurant

A woman is walking with her child down a village road.

Woman and child walking

A Vietnamese man and woman carry a sewing machine across a bridge.

Carrying sewing machine

A Vietnamese woman and child stand on a dock with some baskets. A man is sitting in a boat docked there.

Woman and child on dock

Black and white portrait of Keever

Portrait of Keever

A Vietnamese boat approaches a dock or landing. A woman holding a child holds the boat steady, as the remaining people on the boat prepare to disembark. Children are looking on from the dock.

Boat approaching dock

Black and white portrait of Keever

Portrait of Keever

A villager woman is seen carrying a child in some type of wrap. The child is looking at the camera.

Villager woman carrying child

Original caption: "BMT - IUS" Four Vietnamese women are making a meal together.

Vietnamese women prepare food

Women standing in the crowd- one is holding an umbrella. (Dark Photo)

Protesters

A crowd of young women - a banner is being held above them.

Protesters

Original caption: "BMT - IUS" Vietnamese women threshing in a field.

Vietnamese women threshing

Original caption: "BMT - IUS" A Vietnamese women kneel in a field smiling during her work.

Vietnamese woman in field

A person wearing a light swimming cap is swimming in a large body of water.

Woman swimming

A woman holds netting as she walks down a path lined with it.

Fishermen with net

A group American men and women sitting on boat in swimsuits.

People on boat

An American woman is leaning over on a boat as an American man stands behind her.  They are dressed in swim suits.

People on boat

Original title: "VN Life", a group of women sitting on the group praying. The woman sitting in the center is holding a book that the other women are reading from. The photo is of a Buddhist religious service, which may have been part of the anti-Diem Buddhist Crisis protests.

Vietnamese women praying

Original caption: "Montagnards - Showplace Strat. Ham - 8-21-62 - In MTs - Faces - Blockhouses" A profile shot of woman villager.

Montagnard villagers

Original caption: "Montagnards - Showplace Strat. Ham - 8-21-62 - In MTs - Faces - Blockhouses" A group of Montagnard women crouching.

Montagnard villagers

Three women in traditional clothing stand by a river. Two of the women have children teid to them with slings. Woven mats and baskets sit at their feet. The photo is marked with black lines to show how it would be cropped for publication in a newspaper.

Bornean women by a river

Original caption: "Macau" A woman walks on a cobbled street towards the foreground, while a group of children play in the background.

Macau street

Historical Records Statement