Marine William Gilliland rushes a Vietnamese child to medical aid

Item

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Digital Object Identifier

363-03325

Title

Marine William Gilliland rushes a Vietnamese child to medical aid

Description

Original caption: "Innocent Victim - Marine Lance Corporal William 'L' Gilliland rushes an injured Vietnamese child to medical aid after a grenade exploded in a residential courtyard approximately 200 yards outside the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters main gate in Da Nang, March 4. Two Vietnamese suspects were apprehended at the scene. Marines and Navy hospital corpsmen rushed to the scene to treat and evacuate the injured. Gilliand, a 19 year old motor transport operator attached to the 1st MAW Headquarters, is form El Paso, Texas." An American Marine carries an injured Vietnamese child with blood running down his legs.

Date

1967

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy. Marines; Civilian war casualties; Children; Grenades; Marines

Location

Da Nang, South Vietnam

Coordinates

16.0545; 108.0717

Size

6 x 8 cm

Container

B144, F6

Format

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Navy

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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