Edward Koast treating young refugee, 1967
| Description: |
Caption with photo reads: Quang Ngai, South Vietnam -- Treating the Sick -- Edward Koast, American Red Cross nurse, treats a young girl in the refugee camp here during one of his periodic visits. The girl suffers from a skin infection of the arm. Her right leg was recently amputated. Koast of Hollywood, Fla., is a member of an eight-man ARC team which is operating 20 refugee camps for 30,000 persons displaced by the fighting. The project is being conducted in cooperation with the South Vietnam Red Cross and the U. S. Agency for International Development. American Red Cross Photo by Larry Ray N. 67-213. |
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| Created By: |
Ray, Larry |
| Contributor(s): |
Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IRC/id/1342 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Red Cross |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Indiana Red Cross. Copyright permissions granted for non-commercial use by Indiana Red Cross. |
| Geography: |
Quang Ngai, Vietnam http://sws.geonames.org/1568770/ |
| Subjects: |
First aid Refugee camps |
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