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Title: Accidental death of Vietnamese child
Identifier: e_spn_0001
Creator: Northup, Steve, 1941- (Photographer)
Dates: circa 1965 - 1966
Resource: Steve Northup photographic archive
Description: Photograph of a Vietnamese family with their dead child. Caption supplied by United Press International reads: Vietnamese troops look helplessly on as a Vietnamese mother and young daughter weep over the dead baby shot accidentally. The father detained as a Viet Cong (Vietcong) suspect mourns silently and with his hands tied unable to comfort his daughter. The accident occurred during a Vietnamese heliborne landing in the Delta about 20-miles southwest of Saigon. Photograph completed while on assignment for UPI-United Press International.

Title: Vietnamese mother carrying dead child
Identifier: e_spn_0004
Creator: Northup, Steve, 1941- (Photographer)
Dates: 1966-02
Resource: Steve Northup photographic archive
Description: Photograph of a Vietnamese mother carrying her dead child. Caption provided by United Press International reads: A Vietnamese mother carrying her dead baby through the paddy fields passes a Vietnamese soldier as he moves forward during a sweep operation by Vietnamese infantrymen in the Delta some 20-miles southwest of Saigon. The child was accidentally shot during a heliborne landing. Photograph completed while on assignment for UPI-United Press International.