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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA042855
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: June 1970
General Note
1/77 Armored Battalion medical aid station bunker, Quang Tri Combat Base, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, late afternoon between November 1969 and June 1970. PSP panels covered walls and roof of the bunker. The framework consisted of heavy timers about the size of railroad ties. Supposedly the bunker could sustain direct hits with rockets or mortars. Building on left was billet for 1/77 Armored Battalion officers. Battalion aid station was located behind the bunker. Building in background on right with white roof was 1/77 chapel.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA042855

Citation
Photograph, VA042855. June 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA042855, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA042855, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 01 Nov 2005 [Updated: 17 Feb 2020]