Existence: August 1970
Existence: Majority of material found within August 1970

General Note: KHAM DUC 2 [NOTE: Numbering sequence of rolls film is for convenience only and does not necessarily indicate chronologic order.]

28A Lieutenant 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 260,' which meant nothing to me. As soon as the officer told me not to ask, I knew immediately the squad had been in Laos. The squad apparently belonged to SOG [Studies and Observation Group] MACV. CLOSEUP

Date: August 1970

Photographer: Capt. James B. [Jim] Evans, Army Medical Corps, 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, June 1970 to October 1970. 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.

35 mm Kodak Plus X Pan film.

Canon f1.2 FTB 35 mm single lens reflex camera.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068036

Citation: Photograph, VA068036. August 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068036, Accessed 16 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: VA068036, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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