KEL 563
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Title
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KEL 563
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Description
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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.
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Date
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12/15/1965
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Subject
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Military
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Photographer
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Kelker
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Format
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Film negative
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Identifier
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KEL0563
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Rights
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It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions.
