Two South Vietnamese children gaze at an American paratrooper holding an M79 grenade launcher as they cling to their mothers who huddle against a canal bank for protection from Viet Cong sniper fire in the Bao Trai area, 20 miles west of Saigon, Jan. 1, 1966. The 173rd Airborne brigade was making a sweep in Bao Trai area to round up Viet Cong suspects. The farmers and their families were rounded up by combined Vietnamese, American and Australian battalions in area long held by Viet Cong. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

Two South Vietnamese children gaze at an American paratrooper holding an M79 grenade launcher as they cling to their mothers who huddle against a canal bank for protection from Viet Cong sniper fire in the Bao Trai area, 20 miles west of Saigon, Jan. 1, 1966. The 173rd Airborne brigade was making a sweep in Bao Trai area to round up Viet Cong suspects. The farmers and their families were rounded up by combined Vietnamese, American and Australian battalions in area long held by Viet Cong. (AP Photo/Horst Faas) Stock Photo
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Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo

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3600 x 2399 px | 30.5 x 20.3 cm | 12 x 8 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 1966

Photographer:

Horst Faas

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