A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea during attack on Hill 1051, on Kari San MountainEdited version: tonal imbalance (L-R), dust removed
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A perfect image of a war causality, it beautifully represents the subject matter of war dead. High resolution.
Support edited version. A striking and moving image. I thought the original looked tonally imbalanced; the new version is corrected and cleaned up. mikaultalk11:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm not convinced this image has enc value. How did this soldier die? The caption mentions him being killed by marines but looking at his shattered legs I'd hazard a guess at a land mine rather than a gunshot. Do we know whose? It's a powerful image but I think it fails criteria 5, 6 and 7. ~ Veledan • Talk22:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The (slightly) extended caption at the image's source page states "Killed by air support, 05/23/1951". I'm not sure how certain anyone can be of this under the circumstances, but that's the way it's been archived. Land mines are unlikely at this location, assuming that is the location.. absence of proof is not proof of absence, or something like that. mikaultalk13:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with mikaultalk, I'm not sure you can accurately tell a cause of death from a single photograph, the other photo by 'N.H McMasters' shows helicopters picking up wounded marines on the same kari san mountain on the same day, I wonder if this Chinese soldier was killed by a helicopter MG, however I don't know enough about the Korean War and helicopters used there to say with certainty. Bleh99914:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
