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

General Note: KHAM DUC 1 roll of film [NOTE: Numbering sequence of rolls of film is for convenience only and does not necessarily indicate chronological order.]

19A View toward northeast end of Kham Duc runway. Fixed wing aircraft [?C-130] approaching runway. Beyond earth grader on right of runway is the wreckage of a C-130 destroyed on lading in May 1968. [NOTE IMAGE IS REVERSED]

Date: August 1970

Photographer: Capt. James B. [Jim] Evans, Army Medical Corps, 91st Evacuations 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.

Black and white Kham Duc Roll 1, Number 19A. C-130 approaching Kham Duc airstrip from northeast. Wreckage of C-130 on right side of grader in distance. This wreckage might be the C-130 piloted by Lt. Col. John Delmore. According to Alan L. Gropman, Major Bernard L. Bucher's plane took off toward northeast and exploded less than a mile from the end of the runway. Close-up views of C-130: 20A and 21A.

NOTE: This photograph was printed wrong way. Image is reversed.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068320

Citation: Photograph, VA068320. August 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068320, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: VA068320, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive