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Activists (presumably pro-DRV) wearing masks to hide their identities in case of capture and interrogation, Vietnam, 1972
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Wearing masks so they can't identify any of the other activists if they're tortured by the authorities - they don't know what each other look like, and presumably don't share their real names with each other.