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You go Missy

From Steve Klubock, on Mon, 27 Nov 2000 02:38:40 GMT (in response to: I WONDER WHY)

Missy, 
If you went through this website, you must have discovered that 
K Hoffman was a Photo Detachment commander in VN. One of his 
responsibilities was to send out his enlisted photographers
to take pictures, some in combat, some grip and grin shots, 
etc. I was a combat photographer in the same unit as he, however, we never met
as I was attached to I CORPS up by Hue, another detachment. I 
had my own lieutenants under whom I worked. I found your comments that Mr. Hoffman seems
to have a different, and you imply you are at odds with,
 attitude than you expected and questioned his motivations.....
 I do, though,appreciate his efforts in creating this 
site and the forum it offers... actually, I cannot 
say enough about it, it makes me proud.
 It has also given me a chance to contact and 
communicate with many VN vets and people like yourself.
 For this I am grateful,too. 
 I hope you come back to this site to read 
this and contact me, for I applaud your perception. 
The disconnected, aloof, "we have a job to do" 
attitude about which you comment killed many boys. 
I am currently producing a video with voice over narration 
utilizing some 400 of my photos, descibing my experiences
in VN and especially under fire. ( I had contacted 
Hoffman about 2 years ago about my project through this site and have yet received 
no response. As I said, I am grateful for this site and 
happy that so many people use it, and I thank
Ken for putting it up, even though we have different 
approaches to our shared history. Hope to hear from you.
Steve

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