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

General Note: ARMY COOK AT KHAM DUC, VIETNAM

The mess hall was a large tent with open-air seating. This photograph of the potato peeler has always been one of my favorite non-combatant pictures, capturing the tedium of army life in the combat zone. Soldiers talked about life in Vietnam as, 'Days of sheer boredom, interrupted by seconds of sheer terror.'
Name of this soldier is unknown.

Jim B. Evans
August 1970
Digital copy of original silver gelatin photograph printed ca 1971.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068120

Citation: Photograph, VA068120. August 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068120, Accessed 16 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: VA068120, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive