A collection of photo illustrated war and post war vignettes, short stories, war nightmares, war poetry and travel writing by a Vietnam combat medic. Site includes war related videos and documents. There is some harsh language.
As a youngster Ernest Novak learned photography from his dad. Like most grunts he carried a camera in his pack. Fifty-three years after we served in Delta 1-7 Cav’s third platoon we spoke by phone. A few days earlier he’d sent a few of his extraordinary flicks.
“Got any more flicks?” I asked.
He sent 300.
“Doc, do as you please with them,” he said.
Here are 142 of Ernest Novak’s remarkable photos taken in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1970. –
Ernest Novak’s Remarkable Combat Photos
As a youngster Ernest Novak learned photography from his dad. Like most grunts he carried a camera in his pack. Fifty-three years after we served in Delta 1-7 Cav’s third platoon we spoke by phone. A few days earlier he’d sent a few of his extraordinary flicks.
“Got any more flicks?” I asked.
He sent 300.
“Doc, do as you please with them,” he said.
Here are 142 of Ernest Novak’s remarkable photos taken in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1970.
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