MPB-44
CATALOG REF:
BOX 92 : CONTACT SHEETS — BENZHEEN (WAR MEMORIAL)
CONTENTS: DUKE, CROSS COUNTRY, FALCON — PILLAR DEDICATION TO FALLEN JOES
STATUS: COMPLETE SEQ — (ROLL R-501)
CONDITION: STABLE (STONE DETAIL PRESERVED IN EXPOSURES)
Dates: 2020-05-30 [MEMORY RECALL: 1992-05-30]
Film Stock: / Medium: Tri-X 400 // Canon Capture
Location: / REDACTED / — Memorial Pillar Site
Subjects: Duke, Falcon, Cross Country
Notes: Frame 11 — heavy scene.
Stored: Box 92 / Binder 17.1, Sleeve 6E
Print: MPB-44
PHOTOGRAPHER’S LOG:
Duke, Falcon, and Cross Country all made it back from that clusterfuck in Benzheen. The three of them, alive but carrying the weight of the ones who weren’t.
Those names were carved deep into the stone pillar, an unwelcome roll call: Doc, Breaker, Heavy Metal, Quick Kick, Crazylegs, Crankcase, Thunder.
Visceral pain and remorse hung on the faces of the “lucky” three. At least that’s what I see in the frames.
Was this in Trucial Abysmia (there used to be a memorial site there) or was it Washington D.C.? Location notes were burned off the reel canister. I couldn’t find any official record of this memorial event even happening. Did it? Was I even there?
I can’t seem to trust my memory as a reliable witness.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MKIII
Lens: Canon EF 100mm F/2.8L Macro IS USM Lens
Shutter Speed: 1 sec
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
