Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

at Indianapolis Art Center

85.04.27.15 Original pen and ink drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes paper

I was flown by a supply helicopter to a 196th unit on patrol in the Chu Lai area. When I arrived the patrol was guarding a group of kids. The First Lieutenant in charge said: "What am I going to do with them? If I turn them loose they may be VC sympathizers and give the location of our camp. If I don't turn them loose it means we will have to feed them and stand guard which means extra c-rations and extra men..." The kids were kept overnight, in the morning, chattering and wet from the rain, they were fed and let go. On this same patrol with the 196th I made my first poncho tent. It tool a while but eventually I got the stakes and poncho arranged so I could get under it. I was proud of how it turned out. It started to pour and soon realized I had a problem, water was gushing into my tent. I had neglected to dig a trench. Soaked, I got up and dug the trench. Two photographs printed and put on foam board.

Tour: February 16, 1967 to June 17, 1967

Tour: February 16, 1967 to June 17, 1967

Tour: February 16, 1967 to June 17, 1967

Tour: February 16, 1967 to June 17, 1967

Tour: February 16, 1967 to June 17, 1967

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967
digital photographs printed on paper

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967

Tour: October 15, 1966 to February 15, 1967

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966
"The Days of a Sportsman" oil painting by Roger Blum on the cover

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Some themes must be universal. One of the pieces I did as a soldier artist in Vietnam was a 1st Infantry Division soldier receiving a field haircut, so I sketched the scene and later made this watercolor and ink painting. An Englishman, in contact with North Vietnamese soldier-artists, sent me a copy of a drawing. This drawing by a Viet Cong soldier-artist, portrays a North Vietnamese soldier getting a field haircut. Ink/Watercolor print on foam board.

Door gunners had a dangerous job in Vietnam. On mu visit with the 196th :IB I flew on an aerial recon. Two officers sat on the floor of the helicopter reading maps and looking out the open door as they radioed ground units. While this was going on I got a change to look over the shoulder of the Door Gunner which influenced me to do this pen and ink drawing.

List of teams and members from 1966-1992

edited by Joseph F. Anzenberger, Jr.
include material sent by Pollock by Anzenberger

Soldiers playing a "Leisurely" game of cards for relaxation during off duty moments is common in war zones. Vietnam was no different. Not visible, but in the center of this watercolor I would bet there was "Funny Money" exchanging hands. "Funny Money" is what soldiers called Military Payment Certificates (MPC) which was Military Issues Currency used in Vietnam in place of official US Currency. MPC money could be exchanged for "real money" when a soldier left an MPC Zone such a Vietnam. Watercolor print on foamboard.

v. 21, p. 247
"U.S. army Soldier - Artists in Vietnam"

Between patrols and before going out again soldiers take some personal time to res as well as check over their equipment in preparation for another field operation. (Ink/Watercolor print on foam board.

Rolled

Steven M. Hyatt, Michal Bigbie

Mark McFaul, Richard John Peterson

Joseph S. Hindley, William G. Jacobson, Jr., William F. Voiland, Robert A. Winter

Herbert J. Brady, Jr., Larry R. Herring, Joseph L. Mertes, Joseph F. Rodriquez

Gerald W. Dokken, Glenn Felch, Kenneth R. Grissom, II, Richard Nickolson

David L. Grinstein, Chester Jezierski, William H. Steel, Howard D. Webb, Lawrence A. Westby

Edward J. Bowen, James R. Drake, Roman Rakowsky, Thomas B. Schubert, Victory V. Reynolds

Brian H. Clark, William E. Flaherty, Jr.. William C. Harrington, Barry W. Johnston, Stephen H. Randall

Robert T. Coleman, David N. Farrington, John D. Kurtz, IV, Kenneth T. McDaniel, Michael Pala

Warren W. Buchanan, Phil Garner, Phil Jones, Don Scholl, John R. Strong

David E. Graves, James S. Hardy, William R. Hoettels, Bruce Rigby, Craig L. Stewart

Samuel E. Alexander, Daniel T. Lopez, Burdell Moody Jarvis, James Pollock

Michael R. Crook, Dennis McGee, Robert T. Myers, Kenneth J. Scowcroft, Stephen Sheldon

Augustine F. Acuna, Alexander . Bogdanovich, Theodore E. Drendel, David M. Lavender, William Porter

Roger A. Blum, Robert Knight, Ronald E. Pepin, Paul Rickert, Feliz R. Sanchez, John O. Wehrle

• -"Editorial: Our readers give us an instant reality check, since many of them were there when the action took place," p. 6
• If a picture is worth a thousand words, then combat artist Jim Pollock's paintings tell volumes."

vol. 10 no.1 p 6
"Army Art Collection Includes Vietnam War Works of Combat Artist Team IV"

p. 2
"An Artist in Vietnam"

p. 57
"Prisoners of War"

p. 9, Combat Artist

1 notebook of notes, includes many sketches and doodles

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) also know as South Vietnamese Army (SVA) fought the Viet Cong along side Americans. It is estimated that over 1.3 million SVA soldiers were killed or wounded. At left an ARVN soldier stands in the rain possibly contemplating what might have happened if he had been standing at this location when the crater was made.
Three photographs printed and pub on foam board.

85.07.26.11 Original pen and ink drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Tour: August 15, 1966 to December 15, 1966

Cactus.
Illustration used in SD Digest Magazine.

Plaque

Two deer jumping in the air with the moon in a dark blue background.

Two deer jumping in the air with the moon in the background.

Depicts a black bird on grass.
Illustration used in SD Digest Magazine.

84.12.30.30 Original pen and ink drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes paper

Yellow bird over red and orange shapes on a blue background. Tera Cotton Duck - DP Acrylic Printing

85.07.26.04 Original pen and ink drawing on Canson Mi-Tientes

• Heritage Center hosting Vietnam art exhibit, Pierre Capital Journal, September 6, 2006, page A3
• Citizen lobbyists plead their personal causes, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, February 12, 2005, page 1
• The Artists are Coming! Pierre/Ft. Pierre River Life, vol. 7 no. 23 July, 2009, p. 1, 19

p. 14
"South Dakota Sketchbook"

Vol. 6 no. 4 p. 7
"Hall of Fame Names Artist of the Year"

p. 7 "South Dakota Artist Shows Work at International Exhibit"

The Right to Read, South Dakota Department of Public Instruction

The Land They Possessed by Mart Wortht Beneman - South Dakota Centennial Poster Our People reprinted by South Dakota Library Associatioin and South Dakota Humanities Council

South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks

Fisherman in Griffon Park 07.07.02.03
Shore Line 08.08.05.02
Also on p. 16

South Dakota Magazine, v. 5 no. 2 JulyAugust 1999 p. 14

South Dakota Magazine, v. 1 no. 2 July 1985 - 2 copies

South Dakota History, v. 9 no. 4 Fall 1979