An original Associated Press wirephoto showing a Cambodian government soldier carrying an elderly woman to an ambulance during heavy fighting near Phnom Penh.
The woman is held securely in the soldier’s arms and reaches outward with an anxious expression, while another helmeted serviceman follows behind. The photograph is a striking and compassionate record of civilian evacuation during the Cambodian Civil War.
The original Associated Press caption printed along the left-hand margin is headed:
“EVACUEE”
It states substantially:
“A Cambodian government soldier carries an old woman to a nearby ambulance after her family abandoned her during heavy fighting three miles southwest of Phnom Penh.”
The photograph is dated 13 August 1973.
At this stage of the Cambodian Civil War, fighting between Khmer Republic troops and Khmer Rouge forces was increasingly affecting villages and roads around the capital. The photograph records the immediate consequences for civilians caught close to the fighting.
The reference to the woman having been abandoned by her family forms part of the original Associated Press caption. The exact circumstances are not otherwise recorded and may have involved separation during evacuation or the general confusion created by combat.
This is a genuine period Associated Press photograph produced for contemporary newspaper publication. It is not a modern reproduction.
Good condition for an original working press photograph. There is general age toning, light surface marking and normal handling wear. Several small creases affect the margins and corners, with minor edge wear and slight softening to the corners. A diagonal crease is visible near the lower-right margin.
Contemporary black crop lines appear along the lower and right-hand sides. The original Associated Press caption remains substantially legible, and the main photographic image retains good contrast and clarity.
Please study the photograph carefully as it forms part of the description.
Agency: Associated Press
Photographer: Uncredited
Caption title: Evacuee
Date: 13 August 1973
Location: Approximately three miles south-west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Subject: Cambodian Civil War and civilian evacuation
Size: 28.3 × 21.6 cm
Format: Original black-and-white Associated Press wirephoto
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