- Photograph by
- Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Signed by
- Freed, Brigitte, American
- Date
- 1962; printed 2006 - 2009
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Caption
- Berlin, Germany
- In defense of Western Civilization, an American soldier's hand rests on his gun.
- Leonard Freed, Black in White America (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969), 6.
- Description
- Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of an American soldier shown in American sector of West Berlin in full-gear and three soldiers in a U.S. Army Jeep to his proper right.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed, © Leonard Freed/Magnum
- Object number
- 2009.36.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Leonard Freed/Magnum
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




