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Title
Contra soldiers walk along a road, Nicaragua, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-06
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
Two Contra soldiers walk along a road near the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Contra in the back is wearing a black beret, a watch on his left wrist, and he is holding his FN FAL assault rifle over his right shoulder. The Contra in the front is walking with his right hand in his pocket as he holds his FN FAL assault rifle over his left shoulder. Both Contras are wearing military uniform. They are members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), known informally as "Contras."
Dos soldados contra, conocidos formalmente como miembros de la Fuerza Demócratica Sandinista, caminan sobre una carretera cerca de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. El contra que camina por detrás porta una boina negra, un reloj sobre su muñeca izquierda, mientras sostiene su fusil FN FAL sobre su hombro derecho. El contra que camina hacia el frente tiene su mano derecha en su bolsa mientras sostiene su fusil FN FAL sobre su hombro izquierdo y una boina. Los dos soldados contra tienen puesto su uniforme militar.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.07.07
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/2417
Subject
Documentary photographs
Honduras
Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense
Counterrevolutionaries
Fabrique nationale automatic rifles
Contras
Soldiers
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979)
Place
Nicaragua
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B9.02.07.07.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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