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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068427
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: February 1970
Existence: Majority of material found within February 1970
General Note
Subject: Capt. [Captain] James B. Evans packing speakers for shipment back to US. James B Evans painted the faux Jackson Pollock painting on the wall while station at Quang Tri Combat Base. James B. Evans, Medical Corps, 1/77 Armored Battalion, 1/5 Infantry Brigade [Mechanized] served as battalion surgeon from November 1969 to early June 1970.

Location: Quang Tri Province, Vietnam..

Date: ca February 1970

Photographer: 1st Lt. Paul L. Sauer, MSC, 1/77 Armored Battalion, 1/5 Infantry Brigade [Mechanized], served from July 1969 to 1970.

Camera: Pentax Spotmatic

Film: unknown. Probably Kodak Plus X.

Printed by James B. Evans before early June 1970 from Paul L. Sauer negative. Mailed from 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, South Vietnam before October 1970.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068427

Citation
Photograph, VA068427. February 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068427, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068427, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 08 Nov 2015 [Updated: 24 Feb 2020]