Guadalupe Carrasco’s Photographs from His Service and Vietnam
Open gallery
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Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas.
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Guadalupe Carrasco during the first week of arriving at training camp.
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Guadalupe Carrasco in an old GI uniform. As he explains on the back of the image, “It looks silly but we have to wear it for an old General.”
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Guadalupe Carrasco with an M-60 machine gun. As he explains on the back, “It is a very powerful weapon. In fact it is the last weapon we are going to study.” (Feb. 1967)
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Tired GIs waiting for inspection (March, 1967).
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Guadalupe Carrasco while in training, waiting for transportation (June, 1967).
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Guadalupe Carrasco with a Marine Personnel Carrier. As he explained on the back “It carries 13 combat troops. It weighs 11 tons. It is made of 2 in. of steeal [sic]. It swims in water.” (May, 1967)
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Armored personnel carriers (May, 1967).
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Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas.
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Guadalupe Carrasco with Cristina Garcia, his future wife.
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Guadalupe Carrasco with his brother Eugenio (February, 1968).
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Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas.
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Aerial view of rice paddies and village in Vietnam (circa October, 1967-September, 1968).
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Huey helicopters in Vietnam (circa October, 1967-September, 1968).
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Guadalupe Carrasco pausing for a beverage while his friend sets up a machine gun position in the background in Vietnam (circa October, 1967-September, 1968).
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Guadalupe Carrasco (left) with friend Rodriguez and Chairis in Vietnam.
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Guadalupe Carrasco with his friend Karl Korp after receiving mail and Coca Colas in Vietnam.
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Guadalupe Carrasco in Vietnam with an M79 grenade launcher.
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Guadalupe Carrasco in farming attire in Vietnam.
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Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas (circa October, 1967-September, 1968).
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Guadalupe Carrasco in Vietnam with orphans.
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Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas in 2015.
Guadalupe Carrasco of Pecos, Texas.
Images from Guadalupe Carrasco’s time in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Guadalupe Carrasco
Army
Served in: Vietnam War
From: Pecos, Texas
