Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
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- derivative filename/jpeg
- 363-00550.jpg
- Digital Object Identifier
- 363-00550
- Title
- Villagers during a Marine Corp County Fair
- Description
- Original caption: "USMC - County Fair." A young boy carrying papers and a basket walks forward. Behind him waits a long line of villagers. A woman handing out supplies pauses to glance at the camera. In Marine Corps slang, “County Fair” referred to the practice of checking villages for Viet Cong soldiers hiding amongst the civilian population. Marine Corpsmen would enter the village early in the morning and wake the villagers. They would then make villagers leave their homes and go through a series of checks. In the meantime, South Vietnamese soldiers would search their homes. Villagers who passed the inspection were given soap, rations, and other rewards, and any suspected Viet Cong were arrested.
- Original Item Number
- 16-3
- Date
- 1966, July
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps; Propaganda; Raids (Military science); Children; Civilians in war
- Location
- Da Nang, South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 16.0545; 108.0717
- Size
- 35mm
- Container
- B16, F18
- Format
- black-and-white negatives
- Collection Number
- MS 363
- Collection Title
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Collector
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Copyright Information
- These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections
- extracted text
- Item sets
- Keever
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