". . . [G]ot hold of a S&W [Smith & Wesson?] and traded a "Lurp" [Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol unit member] for his little 'car-15' [Colt Automatic Rifle-15], you know, the sawed off M-16--dainty but a real crowd pleased on rock & roll.
"Yeah, I got slightly shrapneled two weeks ago. Special Forces and mobile strike people assaulted an outpost on a hill overrun by a score of NVA [North Vietnamese Army]. Guy ahead of me was blown away and the same grenade fucked my self. Saw him go down in the rainy mud in my viewfinder--also top slides. I don't know what mother told you, but I am working on a 16mm wigged out underground type film on the war. The Ha Thanh assault will, I believe, put it in a separate class. Photo book in works too but must New York-wards for definite word.
"Man you talk about women--I see these things all limp, bitable and lusty . . . . The Vietnamese women . . . tall with beautiful black silky hair, white translucent Áo-dàis. Upper class desirable but they think of us as long-nosed infidels; . . . but me too old for this . . . . What it comes to is this simply: humping and adventure are 90% mutually exclusive. . . ."
With--A small archive of related newspaper clippings and ephemera. 1970s-91.
Sean Flynn (1941-1984 declared) was an American actor, photojournalist, and son of actor Errol Flynn, who disappeared in April of 1970 while working as a freelancing war correspondent in Cambodia. Flynn's remains have yet to be found.