OneShot1 Loc: Wichita, KS, USA

A captivating portrait!

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Wonderful photograph. I have, and still use, a Retina.
--Bob

KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

ZZZZZZ

Rightstuff

Don't know what ZZZZZZ means but I married a girl from Hinsdale, a Suburb of Chicago.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Often used to denote being bored into going to sleep. Apparently doesn't like my saying "Thanks for your Service" to you.
Well I earned the right to say that, and you earned the right to have me say it to you, one veteran to another. I wonder where KankRat was in 66-69?

Well some areas in Chicago will get you qualified as a combat vet. But probably not a suburb we never heard of.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Amazing character! Thanks for sharing!

ChuckMc Loc: Prescott, AZ

I'm sorry you think that.
Chuck

Steven Loc: So. Milwaukee, WI.

Great pictures - welcome home brother.

KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

It’s not because of “thanks for your service. It’s because you pretty much dismissed the photo and seized the opportunity capture the stage for yourself.

Steven Loc: So. Milwaukee, WI.

Got it wrong.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent shot.

kpsk_sony

Great portrait. These were (are) tough people whjo went through a lot of crap!

Rightstuff

Recently I posted a photo of a Montagnard Village Chief and received thoughtful and complimentary replies from those on this site. Because of your encouragement I am now posting another Village Chief from a different village (a village along the Cambodian border of what was South Vietnam (closest to Son Be if a town were to be mentioned, which is almost directly west of Saigon). What has become apparent is the quality of the photos taken long ago with such a camera. Again this photo was taken with my 35 mm foldable Bellows viewfinder Kodak Retina II Camera as I explained previously (photo of camera attached to previous initial post). The importance of the folding camera situation has to do with my ability to carry it in my ammo pouch--I could not carry a better or later model camera such as a Nikon F which was available for purchase at the time (1967) because of bulk--I was in the Special Forces and I was carrying out a combat mission in which real bullets were being fired not just shutters. I was working with the II Corp Mike Force out of Pleiku at the time.

Upon entering this Chief's Village the Chief came to me because he suffered from a medical problem, a cystocele of his testicle. I have a photo of the Cystocele-testicle but because of the nature of the photo I am reticent to post it unless the administrator of this site reviews it first and then allows me to post. I recognize that this is a general photography site not a medical photography site. I have been interested in photography since I was 12 years old, in the Boy Scouts. Again I would appreciate any criticism and thoughts regarding the Photo and if appreciated I have other interesting, at least to me, such photos from my warrior days.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Very Interesting.
I take it you have a fairly large collection of photos from your time in country*. Maybe you can put together some photo essays of various things. I would be interested to see them.

*When I came home from 2 years in Nam I had nearly 3000 negatives and slides that I culled to aprx 600.

HistoryLover Loc: Landenberg,Pa.

Wish I had been interested in photography back then. 64/65 Saigon. Could have had some very interesting pictures. Please keep posting. Very good images. Thank you.