Texas Tech University

Watercolor painting

Museum Object Item Number: 1528museum7392
Media Type
Museum Object
Physical Location
117A
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 1966
General Note
Note provided by donor:

This trail and village depiction is from a photo sent to the donor by Jim Michener, who had been a U.S. Army UH-1 pilot in Vietnam and lived in Laos for more than thirty years. The village is actually along the road between Vientiane and Luang Prabang, but in the painting it is meant to be a village in Khammouane Province. There is a guard post at the right-hand side and in the horizon a flight of fighters with a KC-135 tanker. The latter would have been along the border of Laos and Thailand, as all the main refueling orbits were within Thailand (never in Laos).

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1528museum7392

Citation
Watercolor painting, 1528museum7392. No Date, William Tilton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1528museum7392, Accessed 24 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1528museum7392, William Tilton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]