2010.54.15405

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Mortar Attack - Counterfire
Mortar Attack - Counterfire
1969
20.875 in HIGH x 23.875 in WIDE
(53.02 cm HIGH x 60.64 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.15405

Instructions for framing at the bottom left corner. "DA Poster 360-114 / U.S. Government Printing Office: 1969 Of-355-684" in black at the bottom center. "Cut Along This Line For Framing / Distribution: / to be distributed in accordance with DA Form 12-4 requirements for Safety Posters" in black at the bottom right.





Poster has a stylized image of soldiers in masks looking on as aircraft fire into the jungle. Centered below the image is "Mortar Attack - Counterfire / The U.S. Army In Vietnam" followed by two columns of text separated by a US War Office Seal reading "By light of flares American helicopters are firing at enemy mor- / tars that have been shelling an artillery battery in South Vietnam. In / the foreground self propelled howitzers can be seen. An officer and / his radio operator, who called for the air strike, are at left front. / The picture was painted by SGT Ronald A. Wilson for the U.S. / Army Historical Collection."
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