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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA068467
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. Building on right was personnel. Other buildings were EM [Enlisted Men] barracks. Building on upper right was outdoor theater, beyond two walking men. The Mess Hall is the large building on left behind barracks.

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 June 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=VA068467

Citation
Photograph, VA068467. 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=VA068467, Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA068467, James Evans Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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