Dated
By 1st Lt. Daniel Johnson
101st Airborne Division Public Affairs
In April 1968, Associated Press
photographer Art Greenspon took a photograph widely considered to be one
of the most telling photos of the Vietnam War now titled “Help From
Above.”
Embedded with the soldiers of Co. A, 2nd
Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Greenspon
caught the moment after an ambush where soldiers from the company moved
casualties to a landing zone to be evacuated. Among other honors, the
image inspired the poster for the Vietnam War movie ‘Platoon’ and graces
the covers books and front pages of newspapers. For 49 years, few have
known the stories of the soldiers whom Greenspon photographed that day,
or their fates.
“Early that morning, Co. A moved forward
on a search and destroy operation,” said retired Col. Tom Sewell, who
was a first lieutenant and platoon leader in Co. A at the time. “As we
were moving forward, the platoon behind us made contact with the enemy;
we held our position in order to care for the other platoon. In the process, we set up an LZ and began withdrawing the injured.”
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