The Don Englebreston Collection

Airman Posing with Ammunition Bandolier and Weapon Before Attack Jet, Vietnam Era

Airman Posing with Ammunition Bandolier and Weapon Before Attack Jet, Vietnam Era

A young airman poses on the flight line beside an attack jet, wearing a machine-gun ammunition bandolier and holding a shotgun, while the external fuel tank behind him bears hand-drawn 'Love' and 'Peace' graffiti, a striking juxtaposition of counterculture symbols against the machinery of war that characterized the Vietnam era. Project: 218942