Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In late 1966 I was sent on temporary active duty to Thailand, and thus began the adventure of my life. I was smuggled into the country by the U.S. Navy with ambassadorial approval, as an enlisted sailor given the authority of a Lt. Colonel and given Air America at my disposal. All this to produce a slide-show documentary on Navy Seabee civic action programs in rural Thailand that was the first line of defense against communist guerrilla excursions into the country. The documentary was to be shown before a congressional funding committee. I was 26. Nothing I have done since has matched this journalistic adventure, including the White House. One strong facet of the programs was medical. These children raced after the medical corpsman?s jeep as he left a border village in southeast Thailand. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Thai+village+children_+January+1967.jpg.html _Bill