phu loi 1969-1970's photostream

From my Basic Training "Yearbook". A candid of me loading ammo on the firing range. Beats getting bopped on the head with your helmet for doing something stupid on the range. Not that it ever happened to me.

This is the helmet cover from an earlier posted self portrait in which I am drawing on it.

This is the second cover I had because the First Seargent didn't like how I saw the camoflague as peace signs, breasts and…so I got a new one. I would usually draw the latest password in Hippy Script (as the CO reffered to it), somewhere in the camo. In this case the password was "Barley Zulu"

Using the Macintosh App PhotoArtista-Oil—transforms this rather plain photo in to an interesting artistic rendering almost instantly. Loving it.

Look at the large size to see the brush strokes.

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His choice was comic books, I don't recall his name but the situation was similar on a lot of days. The Engineer Office was tucked in behind the tool truck and out of the way, so it became a place for the motor pool guys to hide and for drivers (in this case) to wait for their truck to be serviced.

As you can see we had scrounged a comfy chair, stereo, wood paneling for the walls and a plush rug (just kidding, no rug). GI's are very industrious when needed.

Bob Hope Christmas Show, Christmas Eve 1969. Holding the camera over my head to take most of the Christmas show photos, I could only "HOPE" to get the shot.