Chris Jensen, a former photojournalism major and Army photographer in Vietnam, has some professional-quality stills and motion picture available, without charge, for historians. Here’s a summary he provided:
From April 1970 until July 1, 1971, I filmed a motion picture, documenting U.S. and South Vietnamese operations. I was assigned to the 221st Signal Company/Southeast Asia Pictorial Center.
I was involved in coverage including the “incursion” into Cambodia; the siege of Fire Support Base Ripcord and Lam Son 719. I also filmed South Vietnamese troops in I Corps and the Delta.
In addition to shooting the 16 mm motion picture, I carried two personal Nikons. I bought film at the PX and shipped it to the Modernage Lab in New York for processing and storage.
I recently did high-res scans of those negatives.
About five years ago, I located my motion picture in The National Archives and paid to have it digitized in a ProRes format.
Some of those images are with Getty, although I retain the right to share them elsewhere. The stills are on Getty Images and the videos are on Vimeo.
All this material is scanned and can be shared on a thumb drive.
I’m willing to sign a release with the only condition being that there is a photo credit, and a copy of the publication would be nice.
If anyone would feel more comfortable, I will make my DD214 available: It’s the formal military document showing the dates of my service.
To get a copy, please send a memory stick with at least 250 gigs and a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Chris Jensen PO Box 246 Bethlehem, New Hampshire 03574 ChristopherJensenNH@gmail.com (603) 991-5149