Vietnam Era Amateur Photographs of Military Camp Life
Richmond, Indiana? n/a, circa 1960s.
Photograph. Photographs. Disbound photograph album with 16 sheets. Contents consist of 93 photographs of various sizes, a couple of Thanksgiving prayer cards, a few news clippings and a few non military pictures. This album presumably originated from the Richmond, Indiana area with two Richmond news paper clippings in back. No dates found inside. The sheets have been repaired on the edges. The first picture is a large photograph, 8" x 12", of Co. C 12th AIB(?). Caption below is difficult to read. The back side of the photograph lists 20 last names and their State with the rank of "PFC." Other names were cut off on the back end of the photo. Most of the pictures in the album depict soldier activities in camp, field, office, mess hall, close ups in the barracks, etc. This unit was integrated with several pictures of the few African American soldiers in this regiment inside. One white soldier is shown proudly framing the Confederate flag while dressed in his underwear in the barracks. This album may have come from an African American family in Richmond. Two news articles pasted down in back feature stories on Bill Sutterfield (track and field star from Richmond) and Richmond's Lamar Mundy who played football for the Purdue Boilermakers. Several of the pictures are blurred or over exposed. A large picture of an Army Unit marching is the last picture and does not appear to be related directly to the other pictures. This photograph has a stamp on the back that reads - "Photograph by Fort Lewis Sentinel Fort Lewis, Wash..." Fair. Item #26941
Price: $100.00