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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068454
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]. Cigarette in right hand.

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 form 91st Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, South Vietnam before October 1970.

NOTE: 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.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068454

Citation
Photograph, VA068454. May 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068454, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068454, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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