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by David Lee Guss
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Queen duvet cover (88" x 88") featuring the image "Barry Sadler photo in Green Beret uniform circa 1965" by David Lee Guss. Our soft microfiber duvet covers are hand sewn and include a hidden zipper for easy washing and assembly. Your selected image is printed on the top surface with a soft white surface underneath. All duvet covers are machine washable with cold water and a mild detergent.
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Barry Sadler photo in Green Beret uniform, circa 1965.... more
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Barry Sadler photo in Green Beret uniform, circa 1965.
"You know, just because I was in the Green Berets, some people naturally assume I'm some kind of super patriot. And others think I'm some sort of psychopathic killer; I'm neither. the Green Berets were a hot action group with a civil action program. Hell, half of us were college graduates and most of us were bilingual. We were supposed to speak the language of the country, eat the people's food, stay away from their women and try to help. As a medic, I treated everything from broken bones to tuberculosis." - Barry Sadler as told to Robert Powers.
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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Sunil Kapadia
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Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite
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David Lee Guss replied:
Thanks, I owe it to the photographer of this portrait. Barry was his happiest before his chart busting song. DLG