Boy in Hue

This photo was taken toward the end of my tour up in the Phu Bai area. The battery was in convoy in route to a new firing position to support an operation. We had stopped for a reason I no longer remember, and I walked over to the water buffalo to refill my canteen. When I had finished and started to turn back, this young boy appeared, looking up at me. Suddenly, he hugged my leg. I had no idea where he had come from or what he wanted. He just looked up at me in a forlorn way, and I took his photograph.