John Weaver

Born Florence, South Carolina, 1938
Served in Vietnam, Air Force, Forward Air Control Team,
attached to Army, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
Pleiku and Central Highlands,
air-to-air and air-to-ground radio communications
and air-strike coordination, 1965-66;1967






The Man in the Box, 1978, acrylic with modeling paste on canvas, 36 x 36 in.

From a letter, 1996: I wasn't a captive, or a prisoner of war (at least not in the physical sense, though a lot of us have been prisoners in other ways). Every spare moment not given over to daily life is spent in the hell of remarkable memories, whose accuracy is terrifying....

Everyone should know this with certainty: there is no peace with honor.