The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The significance of this print is not so much in the image itself, but rather in the theme which the artist intends to illustrate. The title 'Dichotomy: fighting for oil, fighting with oil' illustrates the somewhat contradictory nature of the fighting itself. The visual of the print upholds this uneasy relationship, as well as illustrating the actual tension and fighting taking place. The viewer is presented with a very uneasy landscape which is cut both horizontally and vertically and above which are clouds of smoke.
Discusses Americans; Vietnamese currency; C-130 transport aircraft; New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS); camp conditions; tour of duty; weather; training; equipment; concert parties; No. 1 Australia