Thomas Kubeck Vietnam War photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thomas Kubeck Vietnam War photographs
- Date
- 1968-1970 (inclusive)
- Creator
- Kubeck, Thomas
- Extent
- 0.03 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged in original order.
- Preferred Citation
- 2017av014: [identification of item], Thomas Kubeck Vietnam War photographs, 1968-1970, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Thomas Kubeck, of Meridean, Connecticut was born November 14, 1949. After being drafted, Kubeck joined the United States Army as a non-commissioned officer on August 14, 1968. He trained at Fort Jackson (SC), Fort Knox (KY), and Fort Hood (TX). He served in Vietnam from July 20, 1969 until April 17, 1970, earning a silver star. He served in the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, B Troop, 2nd Platoon as a non-commissioned officer on tanks and armored personnel carriers. Because he rode on top of tanks and armored personnel carriers, he was one of the few soldiers able to carry a camera while on duty. Injured twice in the line of duty, he was retired from the military due to combat wounds. Following his service in the military, he took part in the Vietnam Veterans Aganst the War protests. He worked at the United States Postal Service until retiring in 2002. He currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and participated in the first University of Kentucky sponsored honor flight to Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2017.
- Scope and Content
- The Thomas Kubeck Vietnam War photographs (dated 1968-1970, 0.03 cubic feet; 54 items) comprises digital images of photographs taken by Thomas Kubeck during his military service during the Vietnam War from 1969-1970. The photographs also include images taken during his military training at Fort Knox and waiting to be deployed to Vietnam in Oakland, California. Notable subjects include tanks, armored personnel carriers, the Vietnam jungle, the effects of agent orange on the jungle, members of the Viet Cong, Vietnamese villagers, and base-camp life.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection only available digitally.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical (digital) rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Fort Knox - from left Larry Knippel, Mark Cosgrove, and unidentified, 1968
Fort Knox ammunition training - from left Larry Knippel, Mark Cosgrove, Thomas Kubeck, 1968
Oakland, CA waiting to get orders to get on plane to Vietnam, 1969
Oakland, CA - from left Rod Sorenson and Thomas Kubeck, 1969
Vietnam - left Larry Knippel holding weapons, 1969
Tank - from left Driscoll, Rome, Young, 1969 August
Thomas Kubeck on top of tank, 1969 August
Thomas Kubeck on tank, 1969 August
Thomas Kubeck on tank, 1969 August
Thomas Kubeck on tank, 1969 August
Children outside of village of Highway 1 in the Boi Lo Woods outside of Saigon, 1969
Bomb smoke and remains of jungle after the use of agent orange, 1969
"My Tank" - Soldiers taking a break on Highway 1, 1969
Remains of an armored personnel carrier after it is hit by an RPG, surrounded by remains of jungle after agent orange, 1969
Tanks going through jungle, several members of the Army of Vietnam on top, 1969
"21 in jungle" - tanks in jungle, 1969
Command track waiting on orders in the Boi Lo Woods, 1969
Thomas Kubeck next to his armored personnel carier, 1969
Tank waiting for engagement, 1969
Armored personnel carrier, 1969
Tank waiting for engagement, 1969
Body of enemy combatant - Viet Cong, 1970 January
Thomas Kubeck in a wig, circa 1969-1970
"Carol the monkey" - pet monkey in armored personnel carrier, circa 1969-1970
Soldiers posing on armored personnel carrier, circa 1969-1970
From left Thomas Kubeck, Patrick, Joe Parisi, and Daniel Wilkinson (medic), 1970 March
Joe Parisi next to armored personnel carrier in base camp, 1969 December
From left Daniel Wilkinson and Joe Parisi, circa 1969-1970
From left Joe Parisi, Daniel Wilkinson, unidentified, Dick, and Thomas Kubeck, crica 1969-1970
Joe Parisi in wig, circa 1969-1970
From left Thomas Kubeck and Joe Parisi, circa 1969-1970
Armored personnel carrier going into the jungle, circa 1969-1970
Daniel Wilkinson sitting, circa 1969-1970
Jungle growing back after napalm, circa 1969-1970
Brigade commander on left, with Vietnamese translators out in the field, 1970 March
Platoon on line taking a break, 1970 January
Platoon on line with red smoke, 1970 January
Communications specialist, 1970
Soldiers in front of machinery, Joe Parisi on right, circa 1969-1970
Viet Cong prisoner in middle of group of soldiers, 1970 March
Tank - Thomas Kubeck on right with his gunner/loader, 1970 March
Track with soldiers on top, circa 1969-1970
Troop in jungle growing back after agent orange, 1969
Kuchi - outside village, 1970
Track in jungle, 1970 March
Armored personnel carrier, 1969 December
Jungle immediately after agent orange, circa 1969-1970
Troop on stand-down along Highway 1, Joe Parisi in foreground, circa 1969-1970
Looking down at driver on top of armored personnel carrier, circa 1969-1970
Field before battle - haze where smoke bombs were dropped, circa 1969-1970
Bao Ha, village outside of Kuchi (base-camp) constructed out of flattened aluminum cans, circa 1969-1970
Ammunition crates inside of armored personnel carrier, circa 1969-1970
Joe Parisi during stand-down at Kuchi (base-camp), circa 1969-1970
Thomas Kubeck in civilian clothes in the barracks at Kuchi (base-camp), circa 1969-1970
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