Ammunition Airlift into Beseiged Khe Sanh, Vietnam

Larry Burrows

1926–1971

Ammunition Airlift into Beseiged Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968

Portfolio/Series title: published in LIFE magazine, April 1968

Where object was made: Khe Sanh, Vietnam

Material/technique: dye transfer print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 40.1 x 51.8 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15 13/16 x 20 3/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1985.0121

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"Views of Vietnam," Oct-2006, Steve Goddard
Khe Sanh, April 1968. In January 1968, the North Vietnamese Army launched a 77-day siege at Khe Sanh, a U.S. Marine bunker near the border of Laos and North Vietnam. With little remaining supplies and constant shelling, Marines relied on Army airlifts to provide provisions and ammunition, developing careful strategies for bringing needed relief to the beleaguered Marines. Burrows’ photograph shows an airlift and a young soldier filling bags with dirt to reinforce a bunker while at Khe Sanh, soldiers lived in dugout shelters.