Corpsman in anguish [1967]


Photo taken by Catherine Leroy portraying U.S. Marine corpsman Vernon Wike during the battle for Hill 881 near Khe Sanh while he is cradling his comrade who has been shot while smoke from the battle rises into the air behind them. From the set of pictures, in “Corpsman In Anguish” he has just realised the man is dead.

In 1968, during the Tet Offensive, Leroy was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. She managed to talk her way out with images of the North Vietnamese Army in action.

Corpsman in anguish [1967]

Photographer: Catherine Leroy
Source: pieceuniquegallery.com

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4 Responses
Russell M says:

Vietnam was the last great war where convential warfare was blend well with gurrellia now known as insurgency.
So many wasted good men left to rot in the bush as the yanks flew & sailed away.
It’s going to happen in Iraq exepct unlike the Vietnams the Iraq’s are going to start another front from within south America.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 3:28 pm"  
anonymous says:

The camera guy walked up to see if the bodies were dead?? They would see them and shoot them…it would too outstanding to the enemy if they both went up.

Monday, September 3rd, 2007 at 3:46 am"  
Bishop says:

Russell. I do believe your smoking crack.

Sunday, October 14th, 2007 at 12:18 am"  
hm2 bjork says:

as a fellow corpsman, this is my favorite picture, seeing corpsman in anguish as he realizes a marine is dead, espicially when you were working on him, man its the worst feeling ever when you loose someone your working on. its sad.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 2:02 am"  

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