A Vietnamese Navy petty officer presents a "psyops" package to Seafloat visitors

A Vietnamese Navy petty officer presents a "psyops" package to Seafloat visitors

Photograph

Arthur Hill

Maker
American, 1945–2020

A Vietnamese Navy petty officer presents a "psyops" package to Seafloat visitors

1969
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 in. (19.3 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2024
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: AHI-VNM-03
Typed on applied label on verso, B: A Vietnamese Navy petty officer present [sic] a "psyops" package to Seafloat \ visitors. The package contains a Republic of Vietnam flag, map, tobacco, \ sewing kit, and coloring books for children. \ (OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY PHC ARTHUR HILL, USN, XFV-3216-7-69)
Stamped in blue on verso, RC: AUG 17 1969.
Typed in black on verso, L: VIETNAM -CEN (FLOATING CITY OFF SOUTH VIET NAM COAST AND NAM CAN CITY)
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