"HM3 J. A. Peterson cleans a wound on a little Vietnamese boy's chin during a MEDCAP (Medical Civil Action Program) in Vietnam, September 14, 1966. The boy had fallen on a sharp object two weeks earlier, causing an infection. As Peterson treats the wound, the boy's mother looks away in worry."

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