{"id":419,"date":"2015-04-21T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.3riversarchery.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2022-09-19T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T17:36:28","slug":"archery-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3riversarchery.com\/blog\/archery-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Archery in Vietnam?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Binh Thuy, South Vietnam \u2013 Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard, USN, of Coronado, California, aims a flaming arrow at a bamboo hut concealing a fortified Viet Cong bunker on the banks of the Bassac River, Vietnam on December 8, 1967. Lieutenant Commander Sheppard has found that the arrows shot from river patrol boats are the most effective means of eliminating such huts. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recently found this photo circulating some forums, on its face it\u2019s pretty cool looking \u2013 in fact it\u2019s said to have been on the cover of Navy Times during the Vietnam War. Pictured is Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard, USN, who went on to write several books after the war.<\/p>\n

One such book, which is now standard reading for naval officers, was Riverine: Brown Water Sailor in the Delta 1967<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, one of the Amazon.com<\/a><\/span> reviewers (Thomas P. Stiller) implies to have known Sheppard and said, \u201cThe history surrounding Don Sheppard is incorrect. Don was actually the Commander of RIVRON 5, Section 51, part of Task Force 116.1, the most decorated unit in Viet Nam. Don did not usually participate in patrols. Every time he was on my boat PBR-39 was for a photo op. One time he was on the cover of the Navy Times with a flaming arrow starting hutches on fire with this primitive device…bull…the guy not in the picture was behind me using a flame thrower, starting the fires. This is one of several instances for photo ops, the rest I will not indicate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the apparent controversy surrounding the images \u2013 it\u2019s still pretty cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently found this photo circulating some forums, on its face it\u2019s pretty cool looking \u2013 in fact it\u2019s said to have been on the cover of Navy Times during the Vietnam War. Pictured is Lieutenant Commander Donald D. Sheppard, USN, who went on to write several books after the war. One such book, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":[],"yoast_head":"\nArchery in Vietnam?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lieutenant Commander Donald D. 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