Graduated high school. I was drafted, went into the air force and they said youre going to be a photographer and thats what i did. Why was that . They said well, at the time, this is 1967, vietnam wars going on, i was drafted, i didnt want to go to the army so i joined the air force. The air force did the aerial photo over North Vietnam so there was a big turn over of air force photo people. So all the guys, 500 guys, its called a flight, and we all got some kind of aerial photography, Motion Picture photography, Lab Processing and still photography. Im valdez, i got still photography which was at the bottom of the list. And i was assigned to the 836combat support group at mcgill air force base in tam pa florida. I worked for the newspaper but the Strike Command was there and thats kind of where the vietnam war was managed from. I, at 18yearold was photographing three and fourstar generals in meetings and ceremonies. So at a very early point in my photography career was photoing highle
I am glad that you are not stuck in traffic on i95. I am sure some of you have enjoyed that wonderful form of torture in the past. Glad to have you here with us. It is my distinct privilege to kick involved by introducing my ecw cofounder kristopher white. Christopher is currently the education manager at the civil war trust, of it as soon a position he has had since the beginning of the year. That has turned the civil war into his playground across the country. He has been going from one event to the next. We are glad he could land here in spotsylvania. As our chief historian, his job is to contextualize our symposium. The theme is great defenses of the civil war. We are going to talk about some great battlefield defenses both federal and confederate. We want to invite you to think about that notion of defenses and a larger, broader context as well. Perhaps it is not just all mud and blood. To help us get our gears turning. It is my privilege introduce my friend chris white create kri
Archived his photos. This is just over 70 minutes. All of the president ial photographers come to that job in different ways. Beenof them come in having press photographers covering the campaign. It was 1983 and i was a government photographer. I had been a government photographer since day 1, 1967. I was drafted after graduating from high school into the air force. They told me i would be a photographer, and that is what i did. Time, 1967 the vietnam war was going on. Want to go into the army, so i joined the air force. There was a big turnover of air force photo people. There were 500 guys, it was called flight. We all got some kind of aerial photography, Motion Picture photography, lab processing, and still photography. Still photography was at the bottom of the list. I was assigned to the 836 combat support group in florida. Newspaper buthe the Strike Command was there and thats kind of where the vietnam war was managed from. At 18 years old, i was photographing generals in meeting
David all of the president ial photographers come to that job in different ways. Most of them come in having been press photographers covering the campaign. I didnt. It was 1983 and i was a government photographer. I had been a government photographer since day 1, 1967. I was drafted after graduating from high school into the air force. They told me i would be a photographer, and that is what i did. At the time, 1967 the vietnam war was going on. I did not want to go into the army, so i joined the air force. There was a big turnover of air force photo people. There were 500 guys, it was called flight. We all got some kind of aerial photography, Motion Picture photography, lab processing, and still photography. Still photography was at the bottom of the list. I was assigned to the 836 combat support group in florida. I worked for the newspaper but the Strike Command was there and thats kind of where the vietnam war was managed from. At 18 years old, i was photographing generals in meeti
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