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A lot of things could 'trigger' censorship, including buildings in the background let alone aircraft 'features' like radar antenna. In some cases it was unit markings. A question is if it was the print that was censored or the negative. SOme censors seem to have had a heavy hand and simply blotted out what they didn't want seen and in other cases some airbrushing was used to cover up/blend the image.
Flight lines and troops, especially at forward bases, weren't so isolated from each other as they are today.I may be a bit naive here, but wouldn't it tend to be a violation for random servicemen to be taking snapshots around the base in a war zone?
bobbysocks, you indicated there should be notation on the original photo or negative indicating that it had been modified by the censor. I expect there would be no further description of whatever modifications had been made?
I may be a bit naive here, but wouldn't it tend to be a violation for random servicemen to be taking snapshots around the base in a war zone?
Flight lines and troops, especially at forward bases, weren't so isolated from each other as they are today.
In my unit in Vietnam, you could get a Article 15 for carrying a camera on operations,(this was the Army's reaction to My Lai ) but that didn't seem to stop anyone .