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Panama Team: Michael R. Bigbie, Steven M. Hyatt
Tour: April 1, 1974 to July 1, 1974

Alaska Team: Mark McFaul, Richard John Peterson
Tour: March 15, 1974 to June 14, 1974

German Team: Joseph S. Hindley, William G. Jacobson, Jr., William F. Voiland, Robert A. Winter
Tour: December 4, 1972 to February 9, 1973

Thailand Team: Herbert J. Brady, Jr., Larry R. Herring, Joseph L. Mertes, Joseph F. Rodriquez
Tour: February 14, 1971 to June 15, 1971

Thailand Team: Gerald W. Dokken, Glen Felch, Kenneth R. Grissom, Richard Nickolson
Tour: October 1 1970 to January 30, 1971

Korea Team: David L. Grinstein, Chester Jezierski, William H. Steel, Howard D. Webb, Lawrence A. Westby
Tour: April 20 1970 to June 20, 1970

Waiting to lift off was inspired by a trip fellow artist Sam Alexander and I made to the 93rd setting in less than an hour after being wounded. "Dust Off" was the tactical call sign we used by aid ambulances. Flying into an active landing zone to pick up wounded was a dangerous job. We now know that pilots, crew chiefs, and accompanying medical corpsmen stood a 1 in 3 chance of being injured, wounded, or killed in their line of work. I didn't fly on a "Dust Off" but did at least two related paintings out of respect for these brave soldiers who put their lives at risk daily for others. Ink/watercolor print on foam board.

While working as a soldier artist in Vietnam I visited 199th LIB. At the time of my visit they captured two VC suspects and were interrogating them. I did sketches and this watercolor interpreting this experience. Watercolor print on foam board.

Lonesome: Being overseas, away from family, friends, and familiar places by itself can be emotionally draining on any soldier. Throw into that mix having to go out on a patrol where danger and all kinds of physical hardships have to be injured. I did this painting as a result of my visit with 199th LIB in Vietnam. I tried to capture the emotional drain war can have on an individual. How after coming back from patrol a soldier can be emotionally and physically exhausted. Waiting: While visiting the 199th LIB I sat around waiting with the soldiers I would soon be going on patrol with. In the gouache sketch I tried to express the melancholy feelings that accompanied the wait. Two prints on foam board.

Tour: February 1, 1969 to June 15, 1979

Tour: February 1, 1969 to June 15, 1979

Tour: February 1, 1969 to June 15, 1979

Tour: February 1, 1969 to June 15, 1979

Tour: February 1, 1969 to June 15, 1979

Tour: August 15 1968 to December 31, 1968

Tour: August 15 1968 to December 31, 1968

Tour: August 15 1968 to December 31, 1968

Tour: August 15 1968 to December 31, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: February 1, 1968 to June 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

Tour: November 1, 1967 to March 15, 1968

"The Quiet Side of Military Life - Arts & Crafts in the U.S. Army," by Noelle Backer, December 1996 , p. 22
Includes interview with Pollock

While visiting the 196th LIB I went on an aerial reconnaissance flight. Two radio officers looked out the open door of a Huey and radioed back information about what they were observing as the craft flew above an area of interest. The next day I would be on the ground with a patrol in the area being observed. This pen and ink drawing depicts one of the officers at work on the floor, looking out the door of a "huey."

This pen and ink wash expresses some of the character of the local population in Vietnam

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photos taken in a Vietnamese Village while traveling on a day trip with the 11th Armored Cavalry. On this Medical Civis Action Program (MEDCAP) local villagers were treated for minor medical issues. Soap and other personal hygiene items were distributed to villagers. Three photographs prints and put on foam board.

Medical Evacuations in Vietnam were efficient. Dust-off crew members unselfishly sent into battle zones and put themselves in danger in order to save the lives of the wounded. Oil print on foam board.

As an artist traveling with the 196th LIB in the Chu Lai area of Vietnam I experience first hand the hardship of ordinary soldiers in Vietnam experienced daily. It was blistering hot and bugs swarmed as we waded through a dirty leech infested stream. When we reached dry ground one of the soldiers said, "you getter take your boots off and check yourself over." I took my boots and socks off and my legs were covered with leeches. The soldiers got a good laugh when they saw my startled book as I plucked leeches from my legs. I stayed with this patrol until the next resupply helicopter came. It wasn't fair I could leave, but my new found friends seemed to understand and wished me well. Several soldiers shook my hand as I made my way to the waiting craft. I could hear someone say as I climbed aboard the waiting helicopter, "Come back and see us again some time." Watercolor print on foam board.

LCPA = Library of Congress Professional Association

Tramping through the jungles and rice paddies in Vietnam's hot bug infested environment was unpleasant and fatiguing. I only spent from 1-3 days at a time in the field with any particular unit. Solders that spent a full rout doing this dangerous work had and still have my respect and admiration. Four photographs printed and put on foam board.

Tour: September 1, 1969 to January 14, 1970

Tour: September 1, 1969 to January 14, 1970

Tour: September 1, 1969 to January 14, 1970

Tour: September 1, 1969 to January 14, 1970

Tour: September 1, 1969 to January 14, 1970

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967
Technical supervisor for Teams IV and V and a Lt. in the Army. Later service on Gulf War Combat Art team during the Gulf war.

Report of activities of CAT IV during period of 12-19 August, 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

Tour: August 15, 1967 to December 31, 1967

at Indianapolis Art Center

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.

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.

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