http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery Sun, 26 May 2024 17:04:56 -0700 PhotoPost Pro 6.02 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13826 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13826" target="_blank"><img title="4889thelastride.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/4889thelastride.jpg" alt="4889thelastride.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: Bill Farnie<br /><br />Description: This art work was done by a tanker who goes by the callsign &quot;jinks&quot;. jinks unit, C Company,2 Bn, 34th Armor, supported the units of my battalion. jinks dedicated this painting to my company, Dco 1/506th Inf., on Memorial Day 2004<br /><br />1 comment Bill Farnie Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:44:00 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10273 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10273" target="_blank"><img title="2color_of_war.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2color_of_war.jpg" alt="2color_of_war.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Color of War Artist: William Fleming Melvin Jr. Chalk <br /><br />1 comment David Sat, 17 Jan 2004 00:02:19 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7713 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7713" target="_blank"><img title="2119-1-27.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2119-1-27.jpg" alt="2119-1-27.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: NATO Exercise Teamwork 84, Norway 1984 Artist : Major D. J. Neary, USMCR - 1984 watercolor 24&quot;x 18&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7714 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7714" target="_blank"><img title="21-23-494.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/21-23-494.jpg" alt="21-23-494.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Remains of BLT HQ Bldg, Beirut, Lebanon, bombed on Oct. 23, 1983. Artist : Major John T. Dyer, USMCR (Ret.) -1984 mixed media 12&quot;x 16&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7715 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7715" target="_blank"><img title="213-9-288.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/213-9-288.jpg" alt="213-9-288.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Operation Lancaster II, NW Quang Tri Provence, South Vietnam 1968 Artist : Corporal Henry Casselli, USMC - 1968 lithograph 24&quot;x 20&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7717 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7717" target="_blank"><img title="224-1-94.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/224-1-94.jpg" alt="224-1-94.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: M-48 A3 Tank , Operation Alkali Canyon, MCB, 29 Palms, Ca. 1973 Artist : Colonel P. Michael Gish, USMCR - 1973 watercolor 18&quot;x 24&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7718 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7718" target="_blank"><img title="224-2-177.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/224-2-177.jpg" alt="224-2-177.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Marine Sniper , Mogadishu, Somalia 1993. Artist : Colonel P. Michael Gish, USMCR (Ret.) - 1993 oil 18&quot;x 36&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7719 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7719" target="_blank"><img title="224-2-189.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/224-2-189.jpg" alt="224-2-189.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: French Sector, Operation Restore Hope, Somalia 1993 Artist : Colonel P. Michael Gish,USMCR (Ret.) - 1993 oil 40&quot;x 30&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7720 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7720" target="_blank"><img title="224-2-40.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/224-2-40.jpg" alt="224-2-40.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Marine Wounded during Operation Swift, An Hoa, South Vietnam, August 1967 Artist : Colonel P.Michael Gish, USMCR (Ret.) - 1967 oil 33&quot;x46&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7723 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7723" target="_blank"><img title="2301-1-10.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2301-1-10.jpg" alt="2301-1-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: 1st Marine Division HQ, Kuwait, Operation Desert Storm 1991 Artist : Sergeant Charles Grow, USMC-1991 watercolor 25 ?&quot;x 18 ?&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7724 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7724" target="_blank"><img title="232-9-1.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/232-9-1.jpg" alt="232-9-1.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Guadalcanal 1942 Artist : Major Don Dixon, USMCR - 1942 pencil 20&quot;x 15&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7726 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7726" target="_blank"><img title="25-4-147.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/25-4-147.jpg" alt="25-4-147.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: AV-8B aboard the USS Nassau during Operation Desert Storm 1991 Artist : Colonel H. A. Chenoweth, USMCR (Ret.) - 1991 acrylic 18&quot;x 24&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7727 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7727" target="_blank"><img title="264-4-121.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/264-4-121.jpg" alt="264-4-121.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Operation Desert Storm 1991 Artist : LtCol Keith McConnell, USMCR-1991 acrylic 18 ?&quot;x 28&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7728 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7728" target="_blank"><img title="272-6-30.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/272-6-30.jpg" alt="272-6-30.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Crossing Sniper Road , Guam 1944 Artist : Sergeant John R. McDermott ,USMC - 1944 ink 4&quot;x 6&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7729 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7729" target="_blank"><img title="276-1-x.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/276-1-x.jpg" alt="276-1-x.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Champagne, France 1918 Artist : Captain John W. Thomason, Jr, USMC - 1918 ink with watercolor wash 15&quot;x 19&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7730 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=7730" target="_blank"><img title="280-2-4.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/280-2-4.jpg" alt="280-2-4.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: South Pacific , 20 November, 1943 Artist : Sergeant Tom Lovell, USMC-1945 oil 34&quot;x 56&quot; David Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:01:08 -0700 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5105 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5105" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc01.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc01.gif" alt="2polloc01.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Pen and ink drawing by Jim Pollock, David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5106 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5106" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc13.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc13.gif" alt="2polloc13.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5107 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5107" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc12.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc12.gif" alt="2polloc12.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Pen and ink by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5108 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5108" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc11.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc11.gif" alt="2polloc11.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Pen and ink by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5109 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5109" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc09.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc09.gif" alt="2polloc09.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Pen and ink wash by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5110 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5110" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc08.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc08.gif" alt="2polloc08.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor and pen and ink by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5111 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5111" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc07.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc07.gif" alt="2polloc07.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor and pen and ink by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5112 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5112" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc06.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc06.gif" alt="2polloc06.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor by Jim Pollock<br /><br />1 comment David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5113 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5113" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc05.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc05.gif" alt="2polloc05.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Oil by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5114 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5114" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc04.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc04.gif" alt="2polloc04.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor and Pen and Ink by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5115 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5115" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc03.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc03.gif" alt="2polloc03.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5116 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5116" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc02.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc02.gif" alt="2polloc02.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Watercolor by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5117 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5117" target="_blank"><img title="2polloc14.gif" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2polloc14.gif" alt="2polloc14.gif" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Pen and ink wash by Jim Pollock David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:16:07 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5104 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5104" target="_blank"><img title="2tondel1w.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2tondel1w.jpg" alt="2tondel1w.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: by Jack Fellows David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:58:24 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5089 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5089" target="_blank"><img title="2how.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2how.jpg" alt="2how.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Richard R. Yohnka, Pastel on paper, undated. "The figure I draw is the depersonalized soldier, the soldier within, who has suppressed the emotion of the community of war. To me it is impossible to see war as anything but an old habit of thinking, an old frame of mind, and an old male political maneuver. These figures are the vehicle of my interpretation of the moment in Vietnam that deal with the remoteness, transcendence, and finality of life. They are silent screams, ritual destruction, intoxication, insanity, sorrow, and death. They are images of power, but also represent savage men. They are caught between the image of a soldier dehumanized by war and that of a man trapped in a state of raw conflict." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5090 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5090" target="_blank"><img title="2inf.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2inf.jpg" alt="2inf.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Cleveland Wright, Oil on canvas, 1979. "A very close friend of mine was killed the day before he was to leave Vietnam. He was assigned to a rescue squad and volunteered for a rescue mission. It is painful to live with death constantly surrounding you, knowing that it could grab you just as easily as the other guy. I thank God every day for allowing me to return alive and as a whole person, but the memories are difficult to extinguish. This work was not done by the congressman riding to work in his chauffeur-driven limousine, reading the Washington Post, nor was it done by the anchorman on the six o'clock news, but by the man who pulled the trigger on the M-16, dropped the bombs, and threw the hand grenades. This is the war by those who fought it." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5091 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5091" target="_blank"><img title="2gree.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2gree.jpg" alt="2gree.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Francis A. Dahmer, Jr., Screenprint on paper, 1977. "A soldier will perform miracles for you if he thinks you care. Make an effort to take care of him and he will walk through hell, not because he likes war or wants medals or because of orders, but because he is part of something larger, a unit. He wants to do a good job, as recognized by those around him. He wants to be respected and seen as valuable." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5092 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5092" target="_blank"><img title="2good.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2good.jpg" alt="2good.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: David A Sessions, Watercolor on paper, 1983. "I am an absolute believer in history. Art is a record; think of the art germinated from other wars, produced unsolicited, in reaction to the particular skirmish. The art that comes out of Vietnam is unique to that war; it was not produced by war illustrators, but by soldiers. We have acted upon that primal aesthetic urge to make visual commentary on an event that profoundly touched our bodies, hearts, spirits, souls--whatever it is that constitutes the Human Thing and causes it to make art."<br /><br />2 comments David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5093 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5093" target="_blank"><img title="2class.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2class.jpg" alt="2class.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Charles Shobe, Oil on canvas, 1984. "When the bodies of the dead were laid out in the clearing and covered with ponchos, they all looked alike. They lay in short rows on their backs with their toes pointing up and outward. In death, they were all the same, except for the one who had only one foot--one boot. this scene occupied a little part of my mind for many years and I finally painted Class of '67. June was graduation month; some of them had probably been finishing high school the year before."<br /><br />1 comment David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5094 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5094" target="_blank"><img title="2fall.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2fall.jpg" alt="2fall.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: David A. Given, Color photograph by David Given, machine-stitched with fabric netting, colored threads, acetate transparencies, and metallic fringe by Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, 1989. "Fallen Timbers is an attempt to express the beauty and the loss on both sides of the [Vietnam Memorial] Wall. A tree that falls is still a tree, no matter on which side of the wall it falls. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only tree from my combat company left standing in Columbus, Ohio. Six others fell." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5095 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5095" target="_blank"><img title="2pro.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2pro.jpg" alt="2pro.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Michael Rumery, Faded and stained cotton, 1977-1982. David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5096 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5096" target="_blank"><img title="2sillo.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2sillo.jpg" alt="2sillo.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: William Smith, Collage, cotton fabric, and photographs, 1996. "The art work is three American flags: one large, representing the whole United States, all of America, white, black, what have you; the second is the flag of the Vietnam veteran--a flag for all who served there; the third is the Afro-American flag, and represents the brothers who served there. The photograph in the center is of my comrades. I think we were on ambush at the time. These are the guys I would give my life to." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5097 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5097" target="_blank"><img title="2styate.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2styate.jpg" alt="2styate.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Loom-woven collage, Mylar, tissue paper, newspaper, rayon, cotton, and metallic warp yarns, polymer medium, metallic fringe, Pelon, and eyelets, 1989. "In 1984 I began to search for a design or symbol to use for a series of art works on political issues; I chose the American flag. I wanted to move away from abstraction; in the process I found myself rediscovering the pain from these past events." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5098 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5098" target="_blank"><img title="2cao.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2cao.jpg" alt="2cao.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Cao Ninh, Oil on canvas with paper collage, undated. Cao states that he considers his art-making during this period an exposition of our time, the ideological era. He depicts somber images of our societal drama, the tragic Vietnam War, and the long dark tunnel with no end. David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5099 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5099" target="_blank"><img title="2dress.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2dress.jpg" alt="2dress.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Joseph C. Fornelli, Teak and brass "Any warrior has something happen when he puts on his battle clothes--you feel that it gives you a kind of magical power, makes you invisible or gives you strength inside. So something takes over that as a rational person you know is ridiculous. But if you thought that way in combat you'd be dead. You're so vulnerable...You know, there is a certain strange high, and excitement about somebody shooting at you and you at them. It's hard to breathe and pushes on your shoulders. This heavy air, the heat, the humidity of Vietnam, is something you don't know. It's the kind of air you can feel touching your body and pushing at you." 50-caliber shell casings, 1965. David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5100 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5100" target="_blank"><img title="2behibd.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2behibd.jpg" alt="2behibd.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: John Plunkett, Graphite on canvas, 1981. "Our home base sat at the foot of the only mountain range for about a hundred miles. It consisted of two mountains: Nui Ba Den and Nui Ba Ra. These paintings are from a diary that was written in my brain and in the brains of thousands of others, on a daily basis in Vietnam. Some of the situations did happen to me; others were bad dreams, fears of what might happen, hallucinations; images that seemed to appear out of nowhere, for no reason. It is through painting that Vietnam is now giving me and many others a new life. It is through art that we fight back, and it is through the eyes and hands of veterans that the truth is told."<br /><br />1 comment David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5101 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5101" target="_blank"><img title="256.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/256.jpg" alt="256.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Michael Kelley, Pencil on paper, 1978. "I remember the randomness in the scattered pile of spent shell casings that grew next the the M-60 machine gun that I was operating. There was an odd beauty in the golden, reflective heap of spent links and brass that would litter the edge of my position in the deafening silence following the firing of the M-60. I sometimes found myself transfixed during the lull, the air heavy with the pungent smell of gunpowder and cordite, surrounded by our deadly debris, mesmerized by the haunting, abstract beauty of the battlefield, yet unable to reconcile that visoin with what I had really done. What had I done? How much was a dream, ho." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5102 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5102" target="_blank"><img title="2infor.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2infor.jpg" alt="2infor.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Dale E. Samuelson, Pencil on paper, 1980. "Came into Da Nang and flight was delayed in landing because of rocket attacks, finally landed, stayed the night. Following day took off for An Hoa, nineteen miles southwest, spent two days in the rear filling sandbags, standing watch at night, put up barbed wire, filll more sandbags, stood watch at night, fell into the red mud, got in a fire fight with a rat who stole my apple and baloney sandwich, next day move out to Liberty Bridge with small patrol. It took about a day and a half to get there because the point men kept tripping wires and setting off booby traps; finally got to the bridge and joined my wonderful squad." David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800 http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5103 <a href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5103" target="_blank"><img title="2mascot.jpg" border="0" src="http://www.patriotfiles.com/gallery/data/650/thumbs/2mascot.jpg" alt="2mascot.jpg" /></a><br /><br />by: David<br /><br />Description: Grady Myers, Ink on paper, 1982 David Mon, 13 Jan 2003 09:53:15 -0800