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Collection StructureOverseas Weekly photographs > Overseas Weekly Contact Sheet 14244
Item Title Overseas Weekly Contact Sheet 14244
Publisher Overseas Weekly
Date CreatedJune 15, 1968
Description

Contact sheet containing 34 images. ENVELOPE TEXT: Vietnam - Cholon during fighting - the half-moon club latrine - Jeeps - air strikes - Sgt. Maj Phan Tranh Thiet - A/Lc  Robert F. Andreakis.  NOTES ON CONTACT SHEET:  photo captions - sheet "A" - frame 1-3: smoke pours into the air ever Cholon during fighting.  This looks like it was from the area of the now-famous "Y" bridge. Taken from swimming pool deck of Rex Hotel.  Frame 4-6: "the Half-Moon Club, members only" latrine at Cu Chi, base camp of 25th "Tropic Lightning" Inf  Div. Frame 7 & 8:  heluva secondary set off by 0-1 Birddog spotter rockets just outside Cu Chi base camp.  Keep photos, as am trying to run down story through 7th AF PIO.  Frame 9: air strike a few miles northeast of Saigon.  No Story.  Frame 10-12: "Frodo Lives!" was not able to find out who this jeep belongs to, but John tells me that Frodo is the "hobbit" hero of Telekin's "Lord of the Ring" trilogy.  Frame 13-14:  jeep "Bow Wow" belonging to Capt Paul L. Huff, 27, of Kansas City, veterinary (?) surgeon with 936 Vet Det, Tan Son Nhut, the only vet hospital in Vietnam.  15-16: Sgt Maj Phan Tranh Thiet  17-18: A 1/c  Robert F. Andresakis - all others:  Thiet, Andresakis and "Vic Morrow the Tank."

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Record Number2014c35.265
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