A soldier’s eye: rediscovered pictures from Vietnam
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/03/a_soldiers_eye_rediscovered_pi.html
Charlie Haughey was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had been in college in Michigan before running out of money and quitting school to work in a sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he was to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic field position in the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with these instructions from the Colonel: “You are not a combat photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in Vietnam.”
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An unidentified soldier pauses for a cigarette. Name, date, and location unknown. photo Charlie Haughey
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