The editors of Time-Life Books have produced another exciting series: The Vietnam Experience. Combat Photography is brought to you in wonderful detail through vivid photography and engaging, informative text.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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A Pictorial Story of the Army's Role in Vietnam, illustrating the role of official Army combat photographers in Vietnam.,
By Sonny Craven "Colonel, US Army, Ret." (The Villages, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Combat Photographer (The Vietnam Experience) (Hardcover)
I have a view not offered by other reviewers. I was a team leader in author Nick Mill's unit in Vietnam, so my review will go beyond the book, and, perhaps enlighten potential buyers on its value, from my perspective. The book's cover appears to be a 2000 reprint of the original 1983 book, only with a new cover.
Nick Mills was an officer in the Army's 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) in 1969, a year after I left Vietnam. The unit was an experimental effort by the Army to replicate the Signal Corps effort to document World War II. At the time I was a 221st member, the unit was organizing to use 16 PAT (photo assignment teams)to cover U.S. combat units and major allies engaged in combat operations from the South Vietnam delta to the central highlands. Many of its teams covered major battles such as Dak To, a series of major engagements of the Vietnam War that took place between 3 November and 22 November 1967, and the 1968 Tet Offensive. Nick Mills makes an admirable effort to chronicle the role of the American Soldier - as seen through the lenses of Army combat photography but I'm hopeful a book will be written someday about the courageous photographers, many wounded and decorated, who braved jungle operations, exposed themselves to enemy fire, to document American Soldiers and their bravery. The American public often (mistakenly) believes the still pictures and moving images they see in series on Vietnam were taken exclusively by stateside American and foreign news organizations. Next time you buy a book on Vietnam illustrated with pictures, or watch Vietnam, a TV History, remember who sacrificed to make those images for historical archives that will help educate and illustrate the Vietnam conflict for future Americans. Nick, through his book, preserves the legacy of the Soldier photographer in combat more effectively than I could as the commander of the Army school that trained Army photographers in the late eighties. The Signal Corps never had an interest in supporting or protecting the infrastructure, doctrine or jobs associated with combat photography because of pressures to use the manpower for other Army specialties in peacetime. Yet, history shows when war breaks out, the Army struggles to mobilize a hasty effort to field a unit capable of producing and preserving a visual record of the conflict, but, inevitably,the steep learning curve and lack of skills associated with seasoned veterans hampers early efforts until the unit earns experience, the hard way. To his credit, and in the tradition if all good Army leaders, Nick focuses his emphasis on the fighting Soldier, not Army photographers. This is both the right approach for us who never wanted to let our role overshadow that of the Soldier carrying the risks and burdens of battle. Army photographers never seek to 'get out front of their own headlights', as we say. The choice of photos and his chronicles of combat units and experiences lends strong evidence for the proper role of photography in helping us visualize and better understand the experience. As owner of several copies of Nick's book, I dole them out to friends and colleagues who appreciate and honor the efforts of these war photographers. If you want to see rarely published photos of Soldiers in combat, and learn of the their role in the mud, the rice fields and the foxholes, this book is a good resource.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Powerful Photos,
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This review is from: Combat Photographer (Vietnam Experience) (Hardcover)
The previous review is great. I don't read my copy. I look through the pictures and let them move me. This is a great photo book. I agree I wish there where more, if looking through this doesn't stir you up, well your'e dead already. Don't get the wrong opinion, I did my time in the army the same as my dad and his dad, but War IS hell, and here is a look at it.
Great Book. Steve
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The only think I didn't like was the slant.,
This review is from: Combat Photographer (The Vietnam Experience) (Hardcover)
This book was great in that it had great information on the war, which it often gave from the soldiers' perspective. The photos were excellent, and the book would've been better with even more photos. The only real problem I had with the book (really the whole series) was the left-wing slant it contained. This particular volume devotes entirely too much space to the incident at My Lai. There was much more going on in Vietnam than My Lai, so in that sense it lacked balance. All in all, this was a good book.
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