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Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

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Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

Puerto Cabello naval base, Venezuela, 4 June 1962. A soldier who has been mortally wounded by a sniper clings onto navy chaplain Luis Padillo.

The image shows a priest who encountered a wounded soldier, who pulled himself up by clinging to the priest’s cassock, as bullets hit around him.
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

That's an emotional picture, how tragic
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

pardon me if i'm being insensitive but it almost looks like it is a kinda awkward moment for the priest
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

Originally Posted by ReiseReise
pardon me if i'm being insensitive but it almost looks like it is a kinda awkward moment for the priest
I think hes looking around to find a way to help
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

hmm i wonder how i'd react if that had happened to me, being the priest
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

how awful
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

no matter what the outcome, at least he wasn't alone
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

I hope he didn't die for nothing! R.i.p
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

Wartime is horrible... Sad picture.
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Re: Dying Soldier Hangs on to Priest Photograph, Venezuela 1962

The chaplain just wants to get the fuck out of there.
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