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  • Almost Home by Joe Kline - UH-1 Huey Aviation Art
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Almost Home by Joe Kline
Overall Print Size: 28" x 20" 
Limited Edition of 2646
Signed by the Artist 

Helicopter Type: UH-1 Huey

“Almost Home” commemorates the 50th anniversary of the introduction of American ground forces during the Vietnam War. The image contains many instances of symbolism, some obvious, others more discreet. The three veterans on the right are posed as in the Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The scene they see, hear  and feel while looking at the UH-1 Huey helicopter in the memorial park is much different than that seen by other visitors, who could be children or grand children of the veterans. The flags represent all the U.S. service branches. The F-4 Phantom shown in the upper left was used by the Air Force, Navy and Marines, the UH-1 Huey was used by all services.

The young soldiers on the left are acknowledging the veterans and their sense of pride, sacrifice and duty to Country. The Veterans have never fully left Vietnam, still maintaining one foot in the Elephant Grass with their brothers, while seeing their younger selves reflected in the chin bubble of the Huey. The print edition size of 2,646 is in honor and recognition of those soldiers listed as missing in action.

About Joe Kline:

Joe Kline was born in Washington, D.C. in 1949, and has lived in California since 1961.  His artistic specialty for the past 40 years has been painting military aircraft in a technically and historically correct context.  His paintings exhibit a highly realistic style and have been done for such notable aviators as General Jimmy Doolittle, Presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush, and are included in the private collections of thousands of former military aviators, air crewmen and veterans from WWII to the present War on Terror.

His works have also illustrated many books, magazines and other publications, and are in the collections of the U.S. Air Force Museum, U.S. Army Aviation Museum, the Legion of Valor Museum, and many other galleries and museums featuring military aircraft.

He traces his interest in aviation to his father, who was a B-25 bombardier with the 340th Bomb Group in the Mediterranean Theater during WWII, and his own experiences as a Huey helicopter crew chief with the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War.

Following his military service, he worked as a mechanical engineer for McCormick & Co. for 27 years, and has been the Public Information Officer for the City of Gilroy, California for the past 15 years.  He has a B.S. Degree in Industrial Design.

He is an Artist Member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association, the 101st Airborne Division Association, Heli-Vets, The Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network, and is the founder of the Kingsmen Reunion Association.  He is also an Associate member of the 57th Bomb Wing Association, and is an honorary member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Association and the 7/17 Cavalry Association.

He and his wife Donna have three daughters and two grandsons, and lives in Gilroy, California.

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