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March 21 2006

Korat 1966: Hi GI

It's 1966 and the Vietnam War has just begun. Young airman, Fes Cannady, finds himself stationed in Korat - a run-down Thai backwater of seedy bars and beautiful girls. A talented photographer, Fes records his experiences in a series of remarkable and evocative pictures.

Korat 1966

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Half the bar girls are dressed like Jackie Kennedy. I was transfixed.

The bar girl photos are here:

www.fescanphoto.com/korat/bargirl/index.htm

Korat 1966

More Fes Cannady Korat photos here:

www.fescanphoto.com/korat/index.htm

[Posted to Farang Life by David]

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Readers' comments

Verite says:

Super pics fescan!
Would you like to put a link to a site collecting for the American war damages reparations ?
Funds mainly going to recent US WMD victims ( DuPont/Agent Orange/genetic/Honeywell napalm/general USUK armsbiz/Cluster Bomb Victims etc.)

http://www.alternet.org/

babydragon says:

Great Pics ! Where are You Now ?

Dave "Fit" Finlay says:

On a similar note, here's an interesting newsclip of 'nam era grunts on R 'n' R in Bangkok.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid
=-9079830040247976662&q=vietnam

Mike says:

Nice site was in Korat Jan. 05 has change alot but still a nice place.

Dicer says:

The top photo is what you'd call a makeup overlaoded "naa buum" (sulking face)...it's historical you see...

"wallpaper....wallpaper...da da..wallpaper tarts"...a new song coming....

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