Portrait of a young man in combat uniform
date: label: Date
content: 1948 - 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: The soldier angles his body towards the left frame of the image. He holds a Kevlar helmet in his hands and wears an uncovered helmet on his head while looking calmly into the camera. The label on his helmet's front reads "229." A rucksack with heavy straps forms an “X” across his chest and secures the backpack to his torso. It is probable that this soldier is a paratrooper (straps are secured to his legs as well). The left strap of the parachute backpack slightly obscures the ACU branch tape which reads "U.S.ARMY." The stripes of the U.S. flag are the background of this portrait.
place: label: Place made
content: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.137.6.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)