Texas Tech University

Negative

Photograph Item Number: VAN018202
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
General Note
KHAM DUC 1 ROLL OF FILM, contact positive on Plus X Pan Film Photographer: Capt. James B. [Jim] Evans, Army Medical Corps, 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, June 1970 to October 1970. 03-14 August TDY as battalion surgeon for Americal Division in Kham Duc. Jim Evans developed negatives at Chu Lai Photo Lab, between August and October 1970.

Just in from long range patrol, 'Thousand Yard stare.' Before the squad came to the medical aid station, an officer told me a squad would be arriving. I was instructed to provide medical care but not ask where they had been. I had only a vague concept of where we were, just the deep boonies. I treated men all the time who had been out in the jungle. If I had asked where they had been, the answer would have been, 'We were out on Hill 2 60,' which meant nothing to me. As soon as the officer told me not to ask, I knew immediately the squad had been in Laos. Squad belong to SOG [Studies and Observation Group] MACV.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VAN018202

Citation
Negative, VAN018202. No Date, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VAN018202, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VAN018202, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Jul 2012 [Updated: 04 Mar 2020]