View many drawings done in Vietnam in 1971.

Drawings Statement

I was first a draftsman at the U.S. Army Inventory Control Center, Long Binh, Vietnam, and then an illustrator for "The Army Reporter" newspaper. I was a soldier but saw no combat. I drew from real life, from photographs made by friends, or from photos by Army photographers. After a year in Vietnam, I returned home to Greer, SC, in Dec. 1971. I was then -- and still am-- a believer in Jesus Christ. (Click on "older posts" to proceed through this blog.) -- Larry Steve Crain

Mr. Cool

Poor but Proud

In the Field

M-60 at Rest ... drawn while on daytime guard duty

Peaceful Mamasan

George Dorian

Boat

Spec 5 Harry Simmons

Hot Day in Nam

Long Binh Lady

Boy at Long Binh, South Vietnam

Mamasan

Lady

Sarge Steve

Jeep

The 'Cobra' Chopper

Polishing Boots

Grant Thigpen

Auggie Bagwell Writes a Letter Home

Ancient One

Chopper

Letter from Home

Child

Lady

Canteen

Various Sketches and Watercolors

What Mike Left

South Vietnamese Soldier -- a quick drawing while on a ferry

Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone

Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone

A song by Carol Crain (late wife of Larry Steve Crain)

May the hurts and disappointments of my life
Be a stumbling block or a stepping stone?
Will I allow them to cause bitterness and strife
Or will I let them strengthen me as I walk on?

It's up to me what I let God do in my life...
The choice is mine - to win or lose, to be
stable or confused.
The trials I've had in days gone by
Can make me quit - or determined to try.
Lord, with your help, I'll let them be
a stepping stone.

                                   ----------------------- 

Some Photographs from South Vietnam, 1971
(Photos by Larry Steve Crain) 

Polishing boots for soldiers -- Long Binh U.S. Army post

"Free Lt. Calley" written on shower room

Downtown Saigon (now called Ho Chi Minh City) 

Johnny Contreas drives a jeep.  

Statue in Saigon

Street Market

Astride a Cobra helicopter

Little girls on the way home from school in Saigon 

Two friends: housemaids ("mamasans" on Long Binh U.S. Army post 

Austrailians playing for a graduation ceremony for native troops

Lunch at a French restaurant in Saigon

Dale Flowers, U.S. Army

Saigon street

Cam Ranh Bay 

On a Saigon street -- U.S. soldiers from Long Binh post
 

East meets West

Augustus Lane Bagwell
 

Bill Lorber from Oran, Iowa

Brandon Remp

Dale Flowers and Al Ratliffe

Dale Flowers

An Army reporter, Long Binh Army post
 

"What's happening?"

Grant Thigpen

"Mamasan" at Long Binh, U.S. Army post

Concertina Wire on the perimeter of Long Binh U.S. Army post 

With gold-covered teeth
 

One barracks area of Long Binh U.S. Army post, South Vietnam 

Making lunch

Ox cart

Mike Metzger

Art for sale on a Saigon street

Chess player

SFC Seales

Pop

A Catholic statue

Fields

 

Special Forces: U.S. soldier 

 

Cambodian troops graduate training in South Vietnam.