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Major Honner in Vietnamese swamp [D 8182/4(Misc)] • Photograph

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'Fri 6 Dec 1968. In the jungle Hat Dich area of Phuc Tuy province. Diary reads - "Up at dawn - 5.30am - made tomato soup for breakfast. Off again this time in front of tanks. Linked with A coy and then terrible slog through jungle and swamp to find Firestone trail. Got back to Julie FSB on APC then chopper to Nui Dat. Lovely shower and clean clothes. Wrote long letter to Lea. Bed at 11.30pm very very tired." This was with C Coy IRAR Co Major Honner. Note the towel under pack straps. these had made shouldes red raw over the three days. Also made good additional sweat cloth.'

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 24.5 cm x 19.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

1969

Photographer

McInerney, Graham

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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General notes

Image from a collection of papers and photographs documenting Graham McInerney's experience in the Vietnam War, where he was working as a photographer with the Associated Press Newsagency. These photographs are referred to in OH 882: Interview with Graham McInerney [with] interviewer June Edwards.

Digitisation information

Date

21/11/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,620 x 3,300 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.97 MB

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