COMBAT ARTIST - 1969
As a result of Van Sant’s illustrations for Spartacus (1959), the Marine Corps Combat Art Program invited the artist to draw the Vietnam War. Although he initially declined, saying “I'm kind of sorry we're there,” some challenging life events later caused him to accept the offer and, in 1968, he embedded with the First Marine Division for three-months. [1]
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Unknown
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1969
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N/A
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Pencil, pen, ink, paper
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Various
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Unknown
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US Marine Corps
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Unknown
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C130s Loading. TVS digital records.
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[1] Jo Lauria, “Oral history interview with Tom Van Sant, 2008 August 14-September 10,” Smithsonian Institute, Archives of American Art.
