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

General Note: Kham Duc Ektachrome Slides, Roll 1, Number 11. [NOTES: Numbering sequence from rolls is arbitrary since exact dates are unknown. Slides in this roll are underexposed with yellow discoloration.]

35mm Ektachrome slides, printed by Kodak. Stamped on slide mounts in faint red ink: 'AUG70P1.'

Photographer: Capt. James B. [Jim] Evans, Army Medical Corps, 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, June to October 1970. TDY with Americal Division units at Kham Duc between 02 and 14 August 1970.

Canon f1.2 FTBmm single lens reflex camera.

11 Medics filling sandbags with dirt. Sandbags protected generator that provided electricity for lights and blood refrigerator in the medical aid station. Seated medic on left, unknown; standing medic with back to camera, unknown; seated medic with blonde hair, Eason; medic with back to camera, Hunt; medic on right trying sandbag, unknown; medic Rocky Bampanni behind last soldiers. In background, medevac helicopter crew.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068080

Citation: Photograph, VA068080. August 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068080, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: VA068080, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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