KEL 563

Item

Title
KEL 563
Description
Captain Ray Young, dressed in his military uniform, points at Vietnam on a map after returning to Twin Falls from the war in Vietnam where he served for eleven months as a helicopter pilot. Items on the table are, counter-clockwise starting in the lower left corner are a South Vietnamese flag; a Viet Cong shoe made from part of an old tire; a Montegnard crossbow and arrows, made by tribesmen in the Vietnamese highlands; five medals; a household broom made from rice straw, and a Montegnard burial cloth, which also is used as a blanket or shawl. The five medals received by Captain Young are, from left, a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement; the Distinguished Flying Cross; an air medal with oak leaf cluster; the Purple Heart, for wounds received while under mortar attack, and the Arm Commendation
medal with "V" device for valor under enemy fire.
Date
12/15/1965
Subject
Military
Photographer
Kelker
Format
Film negative
Identifier
KEL0563
Rights
It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions.
Item sets
O. A. "Gus" Kelker