Robert Holtz: Photos from Vietnam
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<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.jpg" width="740" height="610" alt="Photo of the Company landing in Danang, South Vietnam. Taken 1965." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33645_Holtz023.rev.1524493116.jpg 3x" data-max-w="4096" data-max-h="3378" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.jpg" width="740" height="767" alt="Photo of where the company stayed during their pacification campaign. Taken 1965." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33644_Holtz024.rev.1524493115.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3952" data-max-h="4096" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.jpg" width="740" height="529" alt="Photo of R.L. Holtz taken during his daily shave. Taken in Vietnam, 1965." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33646_Holtz026.rev.1524493160.jpg 3x" data-max-w="4096" data-max-h="2926" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.jpg" width="740" height="830" alt="Photo of R.L. Holtz taken during his weekly bath. Taken in Vietnam, 1965." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33647_Holtz027.rev.1524493161.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3653" data-max-h="4096" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.jpg" width="740" height="519" alt="Photo of the Company making a sweep. Taken in Vietnam 1965." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33648_Holtz028.rev.1524493162.jpg 3x" data-max-w="4096" data-max-h="2870" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.jpg" width="740" height="613" alt="Photo of R.L. Holtz lying on top of the bunker. Taken in Vietnam 1966." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/257/width/740/33649_Holtz031.rev.1524493182.jpg 3x" data-max-w="4096" data-max-h="3391" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture>
Images in this collection include photographs taken during R.L. Holtz’s first and second tours in Vietnam.
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Robert L. Holtz
Marines
Served in: Korean War Vietnam WarBorn in September of 1931 in Coleman, Texas, Robert Holtz joined the Marines at the age of 17, signing on in July of 1949. He served in Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands from 1949 until 1951 during the Korean war. Holtz also completed two tours during the Vietnam War. He retired in Phoenix, Arizona, but came back to live in Texas.