combat

Chaque Jour l'Humanit_
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a green background at the top with a crowd of pink figures at the center and bottom. Across the top is "Chaque Jour / l''Humanit_" in pink and white. At the bottom is "70 ans / de lutte...

The Art of Peace
1992

Poster is printed on white paper. Centered in the poster is a black and white photograph of two men practicing karate. Below the image is black text that reads: "If you comprehend / The Art of...

Village Near Marble Mountain
c. 1970

Poster has a drawing of a South East Asian village with pam trees and mountains on the horizon. In the foreground are soldiers and barbed wire blocking off the road. The bottom right edge has "...

Direccion Nacional. Estamos Produciendo, Estamos Combatiendo:  ¡Los Venceremos! [Under the National Directorate : We are producing, we are fighting, we will win!]
c. 1985

 

Top edge of poster has the text: "Direccion Nacional.". Below are drawings of human figures: tending to fields, plowing fields with livestock, harvesting crops,...
1987

This is a movie poster for the Stanley Kubrick film "Full Metal Jacket." The background of the poster is white, at the top, in black block letters is printed "In Vietnam the Wind Doesn't Blow it...

May-90

Issue #15 is sub-titled "Women in Combat," there is an image of a woman with a hankercheif on her head holding an automatic rifle.

There are three looseleaf papers included in the booklet...

1968

This is an original movie poster for the John Wayne film "The Green Berets." At the top, in black lettering "The toughest fighting force on earth--and the men who led them had to be just a little...

2001

This is a movie poster for the film "We Were Soldiers." Across the top of the poster is an image of soldiers running through a fild in sillohette. Below this is printed "Fathers, Brothers,...

Aug-87

Sub-title: "Pride Goeth..." In this issue, a soldiers thinks about re-enlisting, and then is killed.

Cover: Three Soldiers in orans/reds/yellows with another laying in front of them in...

May-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Jun-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Jul-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Aug-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Jul-87

Sub-title: " In the Underground" This issue is about 'tunnel rats' men who search an underground network of tunnels used by the VC, before intelligence could check them out safely. This issue...

Jun-87

Sub-Title: "Good Old Days" This issue is used as an explaination of the roots of the Vietnam War- and its extremely long history, including the French, the Japanese., etc.

Cover: A "Kit-...

Apr-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Mar-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Feb-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Sep-91

Sub-title: "every Kind Of People" In this issue, the pilot from issue 59 is taken to a camp of POW's where he meets a 5 year POW (from issue 16) who is in kahoots with the N. Vietnamese (...

Jan-89

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

May-87

Sub-title: "Monsoon" in reference to the rainy season in Vietnam (May thru September) in which troops fought.

Cover: Troops hudled together, standing in the rain, a helicopter over head....

Oct-91

Sub-title: "The Ville"- POW from issue 60 escapes to a villiage where a kind old lady- blind of course takes care of him (showing not all North Vietnamese were the enemy), both of them pay the...

Dec-88

Premis: Semper Fi' is a comic series about the US Marines role in various American conflicts. It follows one family, the Whittiers (who have been Marines since 1775), thru their experiences....

Aug-91

Sub-title: "Buff Strike" Air strikes in the North begin again. One man is taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese.

Cover: Paratrooper falling from sky- there is an explosion above him. It...

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