Stories of the Dat Do Dogs: Portraits and Words of Veterans of the Vietnam War

Jack McLain

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Dates: 12 Aug 2023 - 01 Mar 2024

Location: Anzac Memorial, Liverpool St, Hyde Park South, Sydney, NSW

Hours: Daily 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Entry Fee: Free

Exhibition Event:

Artist Talk 25/11/2023 1:00 pm

Genres: Portrait

Anzac Memorial

Stories of the Dat Do Dogs is a photographic exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the final withdrawal of Australian troops from Saigon, featuring stories of 50 veterans and nurses who served in Vietnam. Jack McLain, an American Special Forces Veteran of the Afghanistan conflict, gave each veteran the time and space to tell their story and created one-of-a-kind portraits using a wet-plate tintype technique to accompany their words.

From Bourke to the Blue Mountains, veterans across New South Wales volunteered to be featured in this exhibition. Those who served in the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force, and as nurses on the front line in the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service.

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