[Vietnam War]. [Beeman, Michael L.]

[Partially-Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting Airman Michael L. Beeman's Time During the Vietnam War]

[Phu Cat, Vietnam: ca. 1969]. [10] leaves, illustrated with seventy-six color photographs, plus a few pages filled with newspaper clippings, greeting cards, and other ephemera, and with examples of Vietnamese currency and coins laid in. Contemporary spiral bound pictorial green textured paper-covered boards illustrated with an outline map and stamped "Memory of South Viet-Nam." Edges somewhat scuffed, boards lightly soiled. Occasional mild fading to some pictures. Very good. Item #3487

A unique collection of photographs and ephemera capturing the exploits of a young American Airman in Vietnam named Michael L. Beeman. Hailing from Mount Vernon, Ohio, Beeman trained at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio and then served with the United States Air Force's 37th Security Police United in Phu Cat, Vietnam beginning in 1968. A newspaper clipping included here and describing Beeman's service is dated in manuscript "June 6-69." The photographs picture a wide range of subjects beginning with a "Vietnam Sunset," views of numerous temples, palaces, and statuary, Buddhist monks, a "Ceremonial Dance," street scenes in Phu Cat, scenes in the countryside (including Vietnamese children), shots from a boxing match, two out-of-focus pictures of a cockfight, river views, and scenes of Beeman horsing around with his fellow soldiers. Some of the other soldiers, including a couple of African American buddies, are identified by name.

Price: $750.00