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The story behind iconic Female Viet Cong Guerrilla photograph, 1972

 


A Viet Cong guerrilla stands guard in the Mekong Delta.

Her name is Lam Thi Dep (Dep means beautiful in Vietnamese), the picture was taken in 1972 at Soc Trang Province by Vietnamese journalist Minh Truong.

“You could find women like her almost everywhere during the war”, said the photographer. “She was only 24 years old but had been widowed twice. Both her husbands were soldiers”.

She’s wielding an M-16, the standard-issue American soldier’s rifle. Unbelievable how life turned out for her.. show details in comment

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