David Douglas Duncan Photographs the Marines “Inside the Cone of Fire at Con Thien. “Life Magazine,” October 27, 1967.

            “An ex-Marine who covered combat in the Pacific and Korea, David Douglas Duncan went to Vietnam for ‘Life’ and ‘ABC News.’  In Vietnam, Duncan went where the bitter action was – Con Thien.  Again, as in Korea, his subject was Marines.  ‘I’m one at heart,’ he says, ‘I know their character from the past. There’s something kind of marvelous about them; it’s their simplicity, their generosity, their casual sharing of everything they have.’

“Using all his natural instincts for photographing violence plus all the artistry he had learned from years of showing beauty in the world, Duncan began recording men at war again.  His story – 18 pages in length – is featured in this issue.”

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