STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE: ARMY MEDIC JAMES E. CALLAHAN!
STORY BEHIND THE PICTURE: ARMY MEDIC JAMES E. CALLAHAN! REMEMBERING ONE OF OUR HEROES! Some of you may have seen this iconic picture before. The picture is of James E. Callahan was considered one of the most famous pictures taken during the Vietnam War. Photographer Henri Huet captured a young medic trying to save the lives of his buddies in the midst of machine gun fire on 17 June 1967. It was not just that which made this a remarkable picture, it was the look on Callahan’s face that told the entire heart wrenching story. A story of desperation and helplessness of sadness and loss. Arguably, the quintessential story of Vietnam. In the picture, Callahan was trying to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dying Solider. The battle was three-hour battle long and took place approximately 50 miles northeast of Saigon. Callahan treated numerous fellow Soldiers injuries during the battle. During the guerrilla ambush on the 1st Infantry Division on that day, thirty-one Soldiers were kill