The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Fairskye has depicted the right side of Lieutenant Jeffrey N. Zaun's face in a realistic style, while the left side is distorted, as if being stretched and pulled by an external force. The work comments on the role of prisoners of war in the progress of the First Gulf War and the way their images were used, by the media, for propaganda purposes. Zaun was the navigator of a Grumman A-6E Intruder attack aircraft when his plane was shot out of the sky on the 17 January 1991 and he was forced to eject. He awoke behind enemy lines and was captured by Iraqi soldiers and taken as a POW until his release on 3 March 1991. For his entire captivity he was held 15 minute drive from Baghdad where he became dangerously close to being bombed by allied aircraft. Zaun was forced to appear on television and make a statement against the war. This video was broadcast around the world on CNN. Zaun was awarded the Prisoner of War Medal.
Fairskye has depicted a portrait of Warrant Officer Guy Hunter Jr, an American officer who served in Iraq and had 4 tours of duty in Vietnam. The right side of Hunter’s face is in a realistic style,
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Clifford M. Acree, U.S. Marine Corps., taken as Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) January 1991, Iraq. A Red Cross plane carrying 35 former allied prisoners of war, including 15 A
Depicts a cartoon produced during the First Gulf War (1990-1991) which comments on the pervasiveness of the media during this war. A fighter pilot , flying over a burning city, prepares to eject from
This work is Kevin Connor's response to what he saw in the aftermath of the Gulf War in Iraq in 1991. Above the remains of charred corpses on a trolley, two imaginary dark figures float ominously in t
The footage features scenes aboard the United States Navy Forrestal Class aircraft carrier CV61 USS Ranger, filmed by Wing Commander Bill Griggs, RAAF Specialist Reserve, during the air component of t
Papers relating to the Korean War service of 1400205 Private Eric 'Blue' Donnelly, 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1953; 1991. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains a transcript of a fiftee
