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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068451
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: Majority of material found within May 1970
General Note
Subject: 1st Lt. [Lieutenant] Bruce Heskett, platoon leader, 1/77 Armored Battalion, 1/5 Brigade [Mechanized].

Location: Seated in folding chair, hooch of Paul L. Sauer and James B. Evans, Medical Aid Station, 1/77 Armored Battalion, Quang Tri Combat Base, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam.

Date: May 1970

Photographer: 1st Lt. [Lieutenant] 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

Probably printed by James. B Evans before early June 1970 at Photo Lab, Quang Tri Combat Base. Mailed from 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, South Vietnam before October 1970.

NOTE: [1] Bruce Heskett was a friend of Paul L. Sauer's at Notre Dame. Bruce Heskett was killed by an RPG [rocket-propelled grenade ] near Alpha 4 on DMZ [demilitarized zone] in late June 1070.
[2] Double exposed photograph.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068451

Citation
Photograph, VA068451. May 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068451, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068451, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 08 Nov 2015 [Updated: 25 Feb 2020]