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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA000095
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Original Repository
Ken Jacobsen
Physical Location
Photo Storage 000001328 box 1; folder 2
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 19 January 1968
General Note
OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH
COMMANDER U.S. NAVAL FORCES, VIETNAM
XFV-2311-5-1-68 1-68

LIAISON- CHIEF G UNNER'S MATE EDMUND B. CANBY USES THE MILITARY RRADIO TO MAINTAIN LIAISON BETWEEN AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE FORCES FIGHTING THE VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM'S RIGHT, ARE U.S. NAVAL ADVISORS TO THE VIETNAMESE NAVY'S RIVER ASSAULT GROUP 31, BASED AT VINH LONG.

(OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHIL. R. ROBINSON, USN)

LIAISON-Chief Gunner's Mate Edmund B. Canby uses the military radio to maintain liaison between American and Vietnamese forces fighting the Viet Cong in South Vietnam's Mekong Delta. The Chief and Lieutenant Kenneth C. Jacobsen, right, are US Naval advisers to the Vietnamese Navy's River Assault Group 31, based at Vinh Long on the Co Chien River.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Force Public Affairs Office
Release No. 4-F-68
Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam
January 19, 1968
APO San Francisco, Calif., 96214
(OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH BY PHIL. R. ROBINSON, USN)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA000095

Citation
Photograph, VA000095. 19 January 1968, Ken Jacobsen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA000095, Accessed 18 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA000095, Ken Jacobsen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 06 Mar 2019]