THIS 10-YEAR-OLD BOY carried his father’s French-made automatic weapon when he fled Communist rebels in Xieng Kho, Laos, after the post was overrun. The boy is shown after walking a considerable distance with his companion (right) and other refugees. He said the gun was given to him by his father, who was wounded in the fighting. The village of Xieng Kho is near the North Vietnam border.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 18
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67THIS 10-YEAR-OLD BOY carried his father’s French-made automatic weapon when he fled Communist rebels in Xieng Kho, Laos, after the post was overrun. The boy is shown after walking a considerable distance with his companion (right) and other refugees. He said the gun was given to him by his father, who was wounded in the fighting. The village of Xieng Kho is near the North Vietnam border. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 18
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