The Mission Council.  Left to right: Hawthorne Q. Mills, Mission Coordinator; Ernest J. Colantonio, Counselor of Embassy for Administrative Affairs; Edward J. Nickel, Minister Counselor for Public Affairs; John E. McGowan, Minister Counselor for Press, affairs; George D. Jacobson, assistant chief of staff; General Creighton W. Abrams, commander United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker; Deputy Ambassador Samuel D. Berger; John R. Mossler, minister director, United, States Agency for International Development; Charles A. Cooper, minister counselor for economic affairs; Laurin B. Askew, counselor of Embassy for Political Affairs.  Saigon, South Vietnam
Richard Avedon
American, 1923–2004
Gelatin silver prints
Acquired through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stern