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** ~ Vietnam War Art ~ ** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ //Long Tan Action, Vietnam, 18 August 1966.// Bruce Fletcher, 1970. http://vietnam-war.commemoration.gov.au/combat/battle-of-long-tan.php

Surprisingly, the men portrayed in this piece of art are actually Australians and not Americans like many may presume. In May of 1966, the first soldiers from the Australian Regiment

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ** ~ Vietnam Veteran Artists ~ ** Like Tim O'Brien, who used his writing to illustrate the horrors and mind numbing memories soldiers faced in Nam, certain soldiers used several forms of art in depicting their stories of the war. Some painted and drew after the returned home, others have the photographs and doodles from the days in the front lines. ** Richard "Ole" Olsen ** ** "That year in Vietnam, if it didn't kill me, would form the rest of my life, especially my life as an artist." (Olsen) ** Olsen, Richard. //Commitment. n.d.// National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago. [left]  Olsen, Richard. //Stand Solidly Now. n.d.// National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago. [right] Richard J. Olsen served as a helicopter pilot and flight leader in the 33d Transportation Company from1962-1963. https://www.nvam.org/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=79:olsen-richard-j&Itemid=76 For Richard J. Olsen, or what most people like to call him Richard "Ole" Olsen, serving in Vietnam was way more than just something people call a memory. He thinks Vietnam was more of life-long friendships, and most of all it influenced him on his artistic abilities, the war gave him ideas on what to paint. http://www.boomersinathens.org/index.php/component/content/article/1-homepage-blog/86-richard-qoleq-olsen-talks-about-vietnam ** Micheal Brostowitz ** ** "For years I have lived with the pleading screams of dying boys denied the fortune to age into men. The **** sounds ** ** of them crying for God and begging for their mothers have become stronger as I have grown **** older. **** It's ironic **** that **** as my hearing ability has diminished with age that those silent sounds have become **** louder and clearer." (Brostowits) **

https://www.nvam.org/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=26:brostowitz-michael&Itemid=76 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  **~ National Vietrans Art Museum Exhibit: The Things The Carried ~** https://www.nvam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=267:thingscarried&catid=107:current-exhibits&Itemid=92

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ** ~ Above and Beyond Momorial and Campaign ~ ** https://www.nvam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218&Itemid=54

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~ The National Vietnam War Museum ~
http://www.nationalvnwarmuseum.org/exhibits.htm Perillo, Gregory. The Beginning. Duff, Bernie. Hot LZ. http://www.silive.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2009/10/new_art_by_gregory_perillo_hon.html [Left] http://vietnam.lohudblogs.com/2007/11/06/vietnam-war-art-in-ramapo-town-hall/ [Right]

An American soldier falling down after being stabbed unexpectedly. John Wehrle. //Landing Zone//, Vietnam, 1966 http://deyoung.famsf.org/blog/introducing-november-artist-residence-john-wehrle

Thomas, Frank. //GENTLY, EVER SO GENTLY//. Thomas, Frank. //PURPLE HEART HILL//. http://www.wildgoosecreekstudio.com/vietnam/gently.html http://www.wildgoosecreekstudio.com/vietnam/purpleheart.html This artwork was made for the forgotten soldiers. http://historyplanet.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/vienam.jpg Ken McFadyen, //Disembarking from Chinook helicopter// ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ BACK TO HOME PAGE