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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029948
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
General Note
Caption written on back of photograph: Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO). These are still and motion picture photographers (NCOs) and our team officers. Upper top left is Ryan. He was killed in Acton (helicopter shot down). Second row from top also on left is SFC Howard Breedlove. SFC Breedlove was wounded during the TET offensive. One of SFC Breedlove's photographs was chosen as the Post Office's Vietnam War commemorative stamp. Third row down, third from left is Ted Acheson, also wounded during TET. This photograph was taken at DASPO's detachment headquarters in Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Many other DASPO photographers were on assignment and not in this particular picture. Photo by: DASPO

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029948

Citation
Photograph, VA029948. No Date, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029948, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029948, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 05 Dec 2002 [Updated: 31 Oct 2010]