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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068283
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: August 1970
Existence: Majority of material found within August 1970
General Note
KHAM DUC Ektachrome Slides, Roll 4, Number 3. [NOTE: Numbering is arbitrary since exact dates are unknown.]

35mm Ektachrome slides, printed by Kodak. Stamped on slide mounts in black ink: 'AUG70P5'

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

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

3 Medics filling sandbags to protect generator for battalion aid station. The generator provided power for the blood bank refrigerator and surgical lights. Seated medic on left with back to camera is Eason; two standing medics, unknown; seated medic on right is Hunt, a conscientious objector.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068283

Citation
Photograph, VA068283. August 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068283, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068283, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 28 Oct 2015 [Updated: 24 Feb 2020]