Art of War

September 25, 2010 12:24 AM

Soldier-Artists in Vietnam. Flack jackets, pistols, iodine pills, insect lotion, sketch pads wrapped in plastic bags... Jim Pollock was a member of the Vietnam Combat Artist Program and this is his story (click through the links within the links to learn more).
posted by amyms (7 comments total)

Thanks for this post. (Can you add "MACV" to the tags?)
posted by orthogonality at 12:58 AM on September 25, 2010

I added MACV as a tag, per your request orthogonality, but the only thing I could find per MACV is the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Is that related to the post?
posted by amyms at 1:09 AM on September 25, 2010

Yeah, everything military the US did during the war was under the command of MACV.
posted by orthogonality at 1:48 AM on September 25, 2010

Related Metafilter 63645 and complimentary Metafilter 63646.
posted by adamvasco at 5:04 AM on September 25, 2010

Pedant alert!

It's "flak", so it would be a "flak jacket."
posted by clvrmnky at 5:50 AM on September 25, 2010

A flack jacket might be an article of clothing worn someone who publicizes something, so perhaps it's the best word for a jacket worn by a combat artist.
posted by KokuRyu at 7:43 AM on September 25, 2010 [1 favorite]

His "Myths of Vietnam" section in interesting.

Great collection of music, good and bad, from the 60's. The first one is, of course, Ballad of a Green Beret. But it reminded me of a few good songs oldies stations have forgotten...
posted by kozad at 3:34 PM on September 25, 2010