Photograph of members of Delta Co., 31st Combat Engineer Brigade, in Vietnam
date: label: Date
content: August - December August - December 1970
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Staff Sergeant Willie Tilman, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This photograph is from an album belonging to Spc. James Edward Brown II of Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade. During the Vietnam War, Brown’s unit cleared jungles, paved roads, and built bridges to support American and allied forces.
label: Description
content: Photograph of Staff Sergeant Willie Tilman (left) with an unidentified member of Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, in Vietnam.
label: Description
content: The image depicts two men in olive green military fatigues, holding their clasped fists in the air. The two men face each other, one's right hand gripping the other's left. The men stand in profile but turn their heads and gaze at the viewer. They are both in olive green military fatigues; the left-hand figure in tee shirt and cargo pants, the right-hand figure in a long sleeved coat and cargo pants. He holds a beverage can in his left hand. In the background are several military shelters with their sides rolled up. There are several men, also in military fatigues, gathered under one shelter.
place: label: Place captured
content: Sông Bé Base Camp, Viet Nam, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James E. Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.11.4.1
objectType: label: Type
content: dye diffusion transfer prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (8.7 x 8.7 cm)