Video by Max Lonzanida
Museum conservators clean and Vietnam War Era Sampan for new Naval Museum Exhibit
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Sept. 17, 2019 | 1:21
A video compiled using footage captured in the Hampton Roads Naval Museum's gallery. The video shows curators from the Naval History and Heritage Command's Conservation Branch cleaning a 25-foot long sampan captured by US Navy riverine forces in 1968 during Operation Flankspeed. The large artifact is part of a larger immersive exhibit opening on October 9, 2019 titled "The Ten Thousand Day War at Sea: the US Navy in Vietnam, 1950-1975." (US Navy Video by Max Lonzanida/Released).
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