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Title
Three soldiers kneel with firearms, Honduras, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-06-21
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Three soldiers kneel behind the slope of a small hill with firearms. The man in the middle wears a black beret and rolled up sleeves of his camouflage uniform as he holds his rifle with both hands. He kneels in a pit created for military strategic purposes. The other two soldiers position themselves on the right and left. The soldier in the middle is holding an FN FAL assault rifle of Belgian origin while the soldier on the left of the image is holding an AK-47 assault rifle of Soviet origin.
Tres soldados se arrodillan detrás de la ladera de una pequeña colina con armas de fuego. El hombre del medio usa una boina negra y se arremangó con las mangas de su camuflaje, mientras sostiene su rifle con ambas manos. Se arrodilla en un pozo creado con fines estratégicos militares. Los otros dos soldados se colocan a la derecha y a la izquierda. El soldado sentado en el medio sostiene un fusil FN FAL de origen belga mientras que el soldado sobre la izquierda de la imagen sostiene un fusil AK-47 de origen soviético.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B15.02.03.07
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/4710
Subject
Documentary photographs
Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense
Counterrevolutionaries
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Honduras
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B15.02.03.07.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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