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Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Vietnamese troops advancing between Namdinh and Thaibinh. This is one of the last pictures taken by Robert Capa with his Nikon camera before he stepped on a landmine and died at 2:55pm. Indochina. (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography The Namdinh Military cemetery. Indochina. May 21st, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French military convoy on its way north towards Doai Tan, photographed on the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. In the foreground there is a rice field. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French soldiers on the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Motorcyclists and women walking on the road from Nam Dinh to Thai Binh. Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French military patrol on the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French military halftrack and civilians on the road from Nam Dinh to Thái Bình. Vietnam, Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French troops with mine detectors on the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French guard post. West of Namdinh, May 24, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French soldier guarding the Royal Palace. Luang Prabang, Laos. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A Vietnamese guard attached to the French Allied Command, at his post on a military base during the first Indo-Chinese War. Nam Dinh, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography General Cogny visits the Foreign Legion at Nam Dinh. Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French officer, on the day of General Cogny's visit to French troops, during the first Indo-Chinese War. Nam Dinh, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French soldier wounded at Luang Prabang, during the first Indo-Chinese War, being carried to an army helicopter that will take him to Hanoi. Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A wounded French soldier released by the Viet Minh after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. Luang Prabang, Laos. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French soldiers released by the Viet Minh after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. Luang Prabang, Laos. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A junior officer from the French Foreign Legion. Nam Dinh, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French bargeman with Vietnamese recruits attached to the French Allied Command. Indochina. 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Hanoi, Indochina. May 23, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography The evacuation of the wounded from an airfield. Nam Dinh, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French airbase during the first Indo-Chinese War. Nam Dinh, Indochina. 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French and Vietnamese, killed during a battle, lie next to each other in a military cemetery. Namdinh, Indochina. May 21, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Viet Minh prisoners replace bridges destroyed by a Viet Minh attack. Don Qui Thon, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French Soldiers waiting for children to cross the road. Hanoi, Indochina. May 23, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Luang Prabang, Laos. May, 1954 © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Members of the French Foreign Legion watching children cross the street. Hanoi, Indochina. May 23, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Hanoi, Indochina. May 23, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Near Namdinh. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Vietnamese soldiers advancing through a rice field along the road from Namdinh to Thaibinh. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Wounded French soldiers released by the Viet Minh after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Near Namdinh, Indochina. May, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Vietnamese soldiers advancing through a rice field between Namdinh and Thaibinh. Indochina. May 25, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography A French soldier West of Namdinh. Indochina. May 24, 1954. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Capa's coffin is seen here being loaded on to a plane at Dinh airbase en route to Hanoi, there was a Senegalese guard of honor, part of the French contingent, at the airport. The casket was first b (...)