Girl give watermelon to American soldier

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-03839.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-03839
Title: Girl give watermelon to American soldier
Description: Original caption: "A gift of thanks--A Vietnamese high school girl shyly presents Seabee Lieutenant Commander G.R. Gilmore, operations officer of U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eight, a watermelon in appreciation of the battalion's construction accomplishments in her province of Binh Son, South Vietnam." Girl from Binh Son Province presents watermelon to an American military official. Seabees news release 170-67 (55).
Date: 1967
Subject: United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Gifts; Children; Watermelons; Civilians in war; Propaganda
Location: Bình Sơn District, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 15.3166; 108.7839
Container: B146, F1
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy. Seabees
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
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