28 Feb 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Sudden Death in Vietnam: ‘One Ride With Yankee Papa 13’

Henry Frank Leslie Burrows (29 May 1926 – 10 February 1971), known as Larry Burrows, was an English photojournalist. He spent 9 years covering the Vietnam War

Burrows died with fellow photojournalists Henri Huet , Kent Potter and Keisaburo Shimamoto when their helicopter was shot down over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos as the group covered Operation Lam Son 719.

Following his death the Managing Editor of Life, Ralph Graves, said of Burrows

I do not think it is demeaning to any other photographer in the world for me to say that Larry Burrows was the single bravest and most dedicated war photographer I know of.

—?Ralph Graves

Of his work, Burrows himself said, "I cannot afford the luxury of thinking about what could happen to me"

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