I been playing around with Grok’s AI photo editing function lately. I been taking the pictures all my friends take in their stuff and putting them in different backgrounds and making it into LIFE magazines from the war. Take a look and see what you think. None of those are real war photos. Just theContinue reading “LIFE Magazine Vietnam AI”
Category Archives: Vietnam War
‘Nam Basic Rifleman Kit
I had been putting some stuff out for display for use on my IG account. A lot of historians, collectors and reanactors had been doing this in the last few weeks so I decided to join in the fun. I think it has some interest here so I will show you guys the 3 IContinue reading “‘Nam Basic Rifleman Kit”
SOG Night Precautions
How SOG troops prepared for night attack
LIFE Magazine Cover Boy?
Yes, that is me in early Vietnam war US Army uniform on the streets of an AI generated Saigon. Pretty neat huh? I have gotten pretty good at photo editing then having Grok tweak backgrounds and add an aging patina of old paper. Looks pretty realistic I think.
Dad’s First Week In Vietnam
I saw this image above on facebook and it reminded me of a story my Dad told about his first week in Vietnam. On some main base before going out to a firebase he was in an ammo bunker with some other new guys and 4 -5 veterans getting ready to go back home. ItContinue reading “Dad’s First Week In Vietnam”
Marich Thomas B-55 Mike Force
Marich shared this picture of him in Vietnam in 1967 getting ready to go on patrol while in the B-55 Mike Force.
Some Vietnam War Stuff
I was going through my stuff the other day doing some re-organizing and thought I would take a couple of pictures of it posed up with my guns for some beauty shots. That is a real war era map below.
Nguyen Van Luong’s Amazing Mortar Wound
From our friend Nhat nhat_mil In October 1966, amid the long and grueling days of the Vietnam War, a quiet story began circulating through field hospitals near Da Nang—a story so extraordinary it seemed almost impossible to believe. A young soldier of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam named Nguyen Van Luong had beenContinue reading “Nguyen Van Luong’s Amazing Mortar Wound”
My First Combat Patrol
By Richard H. Dick James Before departing camp, I was warned that the terrain surrounding Cai Cai was honeycombed with VC mines, and to be on the alert. No amount of training will give a soldier true battle experience. The only way to get that experience, and learn if you can handle it, is toContinue reading “My First Combat Patrol”
The Vietnam Liberator Pistol
What most people don’t know is there was a version cooked up for use in Vietnam.