Page 6 - History of War - Issue 10-14
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                      GUNFIRENEARPHUTAI


                            Taken 1 April, 1970
              This long-exposure shot taken by 22-year-old James Speed
                Hesinger shows the moment US soldiers attempted to
                defend the 173rd Airborne Brigade Admin Compound
                nearPhuTai,Vietnam.Withtheshutterheldopenfor
                  an extended period of time, Hesinger unwittingly
                 photographed the tracer fire from two M60 7.62-cal
                   machineguns,aM2.50-calBrowning,aswell
                   as twin 40mm Bofor guns. The soldiers were
                     responding to sustained fire from a Viet
                       Cong sniper concealed somewhere
                            near the compound.






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