From the collection of the National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks.
prints, color photographic
VIVE 34993
11/15/2011
Two (2) full color photographic prints. The prints appear to have been captured 'in-country' in Vietnam and depict a group of American service personnel in military issue field attire (i.e. OG-107 tropical combat coats & trousers, combat boots, etc.) posing next to an armored personnel carrier (APC) while holding a Communist Party of Vietnam flag and a black & white photographic print of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) leader Ho Chi Minh, respectively. The artifact assemblage (VIVE (34985 - 34993)) with which the photographic prints are associated was taken from the corpse of a deceased North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldier by the donor. The artifacts were left at The Wall along with a miniature National Liberation Front (NLF) flag (VIVE (34985)), a North Vietnamese Army (NVA) pennant (VIVE (34986)), a decorative display case (VIVE (34987)), a handwritten Vietnamese note (VIVE (34988)), a U.S. Army Ninth Infantry Division 'The Old Reliable' newspaper (VIVE (34989)), a printed letter (VIVE (34990)), a black & white photographic print (VIVE (34991)), & two (2) Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) 1917 Russian Revolution commemorative stamps (VIVE (34992)) by a U.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) and Vietnam veteran in November 2011.
TWO (2) FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THE OBJECTS CONSIST OF FULL COLOR, PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS UPON RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SEGMENTS OF WHITE, UNLINED PAPER STOCK (PRINTS NOT ON PROPER FILM SUPPORTS). THE IMAGES AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACES OF EACH PRINT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAPTURED 'IN-COUNTRY' IN VIETNAM. THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BEARS AN IMAGE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE FEATURING THREE (3) AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL IN MILITARY ISSUE FIELD ATTIRE (I.E. OG-107 TROPICAL COMBAT COATS, OG-107 TROPICAL COMBAT TROUSERS, COMBAT BOOTS, ETC.) STANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEXT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC), FACING THE CAMERA, AND COLLECTIVELY HOLDING (UPSIDE DOWN) THE FLAG OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (I.E. YELLOW, CROSSED HAMMER AND SICKLE CENTERED OVER A RED GROUND OR FIELD). THE SECOND PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BEARS AN IMAGE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE FEATURING THE SAME THREE (3) AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL FEATURED IN THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT, STANDING IN THE SAME FIELD NEXT TO THE SAME ARMORED VEHICLE, FACING THE CAMERA, AND COLLECTIVELY HOLDING A BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (DRVN), OR NORTH VIETNAM, HO CHI MINH. AT THE PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE IMAGE AT LEAST THREE (3) OTHER AMERICAN SERVICEMEN ARE VISIBLE SEATED AND CROUCHED INSIDE THE ARMORED VEHICLE. THE OBJECT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED INSIDE A DECORATIVE DISPLAY CASE (VIVE (34987)). ACCORDING TO VIVE CATALOG NOTES PREPARED BY MRCE COLLECTIONS STAFF, THE ASSEMBLAGE (VIVE (34985 - 34993)) WITH WHICH THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WAS TAKEN FROM THE CORPSE OF A DECEASED NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) SOLDIER BY THE DONOR, A U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) AND VIETNAM VETERAN. THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIVE (34985 - 34992).
VIVE-00261
2
Item Weight: 1.8g (Weight of Communist flag photographic print only)
Item Length: 12.25cm
Item Width: 17.25cm