Cleveland Museum of Art

Military Mites of Laos: Two of the very young volunteers of the Laotian government forces pose with pointed firearms at the Kalong outpost in Central Laos. Some of these volunteers are only 13 years old. Government troops are battling Communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese soldiers

Horst Faas

1970

Attribution

Horst Faas (German, 1933–2012)

Medium

Associated Press wire photo

Physical dimensions

Image: 14.9 x 20.9 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.); Paper: 16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

Credit line

Gift of George Stephanopoulos