GOING IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK, PHUOC LONG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

36 x 30 inch acrylic on canvas painting by George C. Clark    U.S. Air Force Art Collection

EVERY 2 OR 3 DAYS AN OBSERVER FROM OUR BATTALION HEADQUARTERS  WOULD FLY UP FROM BIEN HOA AIR BASE IN A LITTLE AIR FORCE OH-1 SPOTTER PLANE TO LOOK FOR TARGETS WITHIN OUR RANGE FAN.  IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF OUR ROUNDS HAS HIT SOMETHING HIGHLY FLAMMABLE.

Comment:

A few years ago I was touring Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii with Keith Ferris and 2 artists from the New York Society of Illustrators.  In the Pacific Command headquarters building there all 4 of us were able to point out to our hosts examples of our artwork hanging on the walls.  This was mine.