Veteran's Day: A thousand words at a time

Larry Eugene Morris grew up in Colfax and became a Vietnam combat photographer.

When American veterans fought in the conflicts which they were called to, their experience was brought to the public mainly through photographs.

Someone took those pictures. This is the story of one of them.

Larry Eugene Morris grew up in Colfax and graduated with the class of 1963, the son of Eldon and Mildred Morris.

Five years later, he returned a Vietnam veteran, completing a year and a half as an Army combat photographer.

One of a few thousand trained by the Army at the time, Morris was sent across much of Vie...