Saturday, April 27, 2019

Re-post 2011: Walter Zoomie's father's pictures from 1966 in Vietnam


Th 14th picture in the first slideshow is of the above statue, the Marine Statue in Saigon, under construction. This may be the only one ever taken and/or in existence.
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"Photos taken by my father, Rick Johnson, who was the only Indiana newspaperman to cover the Vietnam war. He spent a month in Vietnam from October to November, 1966."
Vietnam Diary: In The Towns
Slideshow
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Vietnam Diary: With The Ground Troops
Slideshow
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Vietnam Diary: In The Air
Slideshow
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Vietnam Diary: At Sea
Slideshow

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    1. Certainly and I sent them to Saigoneer, who I expect, will at least use some in their Old Saigon section.

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  2. Walter Zoomie, the man, the myth, the ledgend. I gotta go look up his site, it's been too long.

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