Montagnard Chief--Vietnam 1967 (Page 3): I think this is fascinating, historical and I like hearing the stories that go with the photos. Keep it up!

sakitson Loc: Goleta, CA

I think this is fascinating, historical and I like hearing the stories that go with the photos. Keep it up!

Rightstuff

"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."

Not sure that I know how to produce a photo essay, but I will keep that in mind. I guess it is just telling my story and inserting photos for support. Yes I have many photos and stories to support them, and I think some would be of interest to almost anyone on this blog.

Rightstuff

Thank you. If I continue to get good feedback I will post more. Many of my photos are not as good as the two I have posted--but interesting I do believe none the less.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Rightstuff wrote:

"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."

Not sure that I know how to produce a photo essay, but I will keep that in mind. I guess it is just telling my story and inserting photos for support. Yes I have many photos and stories to support them, and I think some would be of interest to almost anyone on this blog.

That is what a photo essay is, a series of photos with some relationship that tell a story. With or without words.

Look through these:
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+do+photo+essays&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS920US920&oq=how+to+do+photo+essays&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.26047j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I'll make you a deal - you work on learning to do a photo essay and I will finally start scanning all my Nam negs and slides so we can exchange posts. I bought the film/slide scanner almost 2 years ago. I am the starting forward on the US Olympics Procrastination Team.

KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

Rightstuff wrote:

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 .......

Your initial image of the Chief, staring down, pretty much captured the gravity (ouch) of the situation.
and with one sentence, you explained it.
You are correct,it's a photography forum ( sort of) I don't need to see a pic of his swollen nut(s).

KankRat Loc: SW Chicago Suburbs

robertjerl wrote:

Very Interesting.

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

Why don't you post them or a few?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

KankRat wrote:

Why don't you post them or a few?

Want to come help me scan them all? I bought the scanner almost two years ago but everytime I start to clear a work space to set it up with I get hit by a major case of "anticipated boredom". This time I think I will start on it. As soon as I set up our special needs son's new gaming computer so he can get and run the latest train simulator. It has been hinted since about an hour ago I got all the cables etc needed to transfer his apps and files from the 9 year old gamer he has to the new one that just came I am expected to have his new computer running tomorrow.

Rightstuff

I notice that you are from Corona, California. My first trip to California was when I was 13 years old. I went to the national Boy Scout Jamboree held in Irvine Ranch (1953 I believe). Last year I worked in Bishop for a month. Had a great time touring on Weekends. Unfortunately it was during a fire in Yosemite National park so could not visit entire park. I did visit the Bristlecone Pine forest--oldest living thing on earth--amazing (a little south of Bishop). Would love to come help you but I have my own projects.

Rightstuff

I saw this Montagnard child at Dak To playing with friends and asked if I could take his photograph. He didn’t know what was in the packet around neck, but he knew it provided protection—can’t have too much protection under the circumstance with which we lived there.

Montagnard Child with Amulet around neck

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robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Rightstuff wrote:

I saw this Montagnard child at Dak To playing with friends and asked if I could take his photograph. He didn’t know what was in the packet around neck, but he knew it provided protection—can’t have too much protection under the circumstance with which we lived there.

Montagnard Child with Amulet around neck

Sumtin be wrong heh. I click on download and it gives me a folder of things on my desktop.

I am setting up our son's new gamer and it had me sign into my microsoft account to update the copy of windows in the machine. next thing I know a lot of my stuff from this machine is also on that machine. Could Murphy have stuck his nose in and screwed up my machines?

OK, it downloaded a copy to my desktop and I had to open it with Photo Shop.

Ain't Confusers wonderful?

Rightstuff

As follow-up to my last photo of "Montagnard Boy with Amulet" and request to send a chronocal story with a few photos, I submit the following. My comment regarding the Montagnard Boy was that we all needed much protection as we could get under the circumstances. It referenced the reason for the Amulet around the Boy's neck.

On 17 June 1967 the Special Forces Camp named, "Dak To" came under heavy NVA mortar attack. My best friend in the camp was hit by a mortar and lost both legs. He was medically evacuated and it took me 30 some-odd year to find him afterwards. Reason being was that he was in a Special Intelligence unit working in and out of Cambodia and using a Nome de Guerre (false or Field Name). Even I did not know his real name. Following the war he entered politics in Texas. He has written three books, two of which I am showing in a photo with this chronicled explanation. His third book is entitled "Soldier's Blood and Blooded Money".

Rightstuff

This young man is putting together a Crossbow which the Montagnards did use for hunting. Wish I had taken a close-up photo.

Rightstuff

Young Montagnard Gate guard with Carbine

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Rightstuff wrote:

Young Montagnard Gate guard with Carbine

Right sized weapon for him.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Rightstuff wrote:

This young man is putting together a Crossbow which the Montagnards did use for hunting. Wish I had taken a close-up photo.

Did you hear the story about the Montagnard who believed the Paymaster shorted him who put a crossbow bolt in the gears of the rotor hub of the Paymaster's chopper as it was lifting off and grounded it?