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Title
Salvadoran soldiers in reclaimed town, San Agustín, 1983
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1983-02
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
A column of soldiers armed with assault rifles and dressed in camouflage uniforms walk by destroyed buildings in the streets of San Agustín, El Salvador, after a five-day long guerrilla occupation of the town. In the foreground a boy with a military water bottle in his hand walks next to a soldier. More civilians are visibile in the background.
Una columna de soldados armados con rifles de asalto y vestidos con uniformes de camuflaje caminan por edificios destruidos en las calles de San Agustín, El Salvador, después de una ocupación guerrillera de cinco días en la ciudad. En el primer plano, un niño con una botella de agua militar en la mano camina junto a un soldado. Se ven más civiles en el fondo.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.03.21.16
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3037
Subject
Soldiers
Assault rifles
El Salvador--Usulután (Department)
El Salvador--History--1979-1992
El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992
El Salvador--Social Conditions
Civil war
Children
Place
Usulután (El Salvador)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B11.03.21.16.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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