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I am a Vietnam Veteran, having served in the Army from 1969-1971. In Vietnam, I spent most of my time with the 6th Batallion, 31st Infantry of the 9th Division, stationed in the area between Saigon and Cambodia (called the Plain of Reeds), as a Recon Scout and Platoon Sargeant, and in 2nd Security in Da Nang as a Patrol Sector Supervisor. While on tour in Vietnam, I took many pictures, some of the war (shooting does tend to distract your focus), but mostly of the people and places I encountered. Here are the first ones I am putting up.
6th Batallion, 31st Infantry, 12 pictures, 837k
Faces of War, 9 pictures, 517k
Children of Vietnam, 17 pictures, 640k
Hong Kong R & R, 16 pictures, 1.18M
Hong Kong R & R, The Tiger Balm Gardens, 30 pictures, 2.54M
And because it was so important over there (at least to me), I will be profiling some of the humor of the times from the collection of cartoons I saved while I was in Vietnam.
The Humor of Bill Ward (Adult-oriented cartoons), 10 cartoons, 496k
Bill Ward's humor, not to mention the sheer voluptuousness of the women he drew made him a great favorite in the men's magazines that we had in Vietnam. These cartoons came out of magazines I saved from my tour.
The Humor of Bill Wenzel (Adult-oriented cartoons), 10 cartoons, 378k
Bill Wenzel was also prolifically featured in our men's magazines. Here is a sampling of his cartoons.
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(My thanks to the artists whose works appear here. I am only attempting to spread a little cheer, make you a little better known, and share a little humor. If this is a problem for you, please let me know and I will remove the cartoons.)
Department of Veteran Affairs
Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Vietnam Veteran's Home Page
The American Legion is giving out a Road Map to American Legion and VA facilities in the U.S. Contact them at PO Box 7017, Indianapolis, In 46207-7017. When I checked, on August 22, this information was not noted anywhere on the American Legion site, either in the local Indianapolis chapter or the National Organization's page. But I asked, and they sent me one.
I would like to make one personal observation about the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall. I have been there a number of times, having lived in D.C. for 2 years, and I've one cousin and a number of friends listed there. What I really hate about this memorial is that it's the only memorial in Washington, D. C. that's underground. Oh, sure, if you approach it from the Lincoln Memorial, the gradual decline is almost unnoticeable, but if you approach it from the east, you can't even see it. This strikes me as a subtle way of saying the US wishes it could bury the memory of this war. This is just my two cents.
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