Vietnam War: GI injured by booby trap treated by medic dusted off

This was filed in October 1970 in the “506 Valley“ when a soldier with E Troop of the 17th Cav was wounded by a booby trap. Shows the medic tending to the wounds and the man being carried to a dust-off. The soldier holding a plasma bottle above the wounded man is Jim Saller who was a still photographer with the 221st Signal Company which was documenting the patrol. The mopic was shot by another 221st photographer Chris Jensen.
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