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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068465
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: Majority of material found within April-May 1970
General Note
Subject: View from roof of Medical Battalion bunker. Roof in foreground is medical aid station. The roof approximately in mid-field was quarters for battalion executive officer, Major Smith, and Chaplain James Grace. To the left of this building is the battalion helicopter landing pad. White roof on right is the chapel. View toward west or northwest. .

Location: Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.

Date: ca April-May 1970.

Photographer: Capt. [Captain] James B. Evans, MC, 1/77 Armored Battalion, 1/5 Infantry Brigade [Mechanized] who served as battalion surgeon from November 1969 to early July 1970.

Camera: Canon f 1.2 FTB 35mm SLR.

Film: Kodak Plus X.

James B. Evans printed this photograph ca May 1970 at Quang Tri Combat Base Photo Lab before transferring to Chu Lai early June. Negatives were lost with luggage on flight from Quang Tri to Da Nang. The Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech has a contact print of the negatives.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068465

Citation
Photograph, VA068465. April-May 1970, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA068465, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068465, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 09 Nov 2015 [Updated: 25 Feb 2020]