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Ken Bumpus
After serving twenty-six years as a navy photographer, documenting Navy and Marine action in Korea (Inchon, Iwon, and Hungnam) and three tours in Vietnam, Ken Bumpusview more After serving twenty-six years as a navy photographer, documenting Navy and Marine action in Korea (Inchon, Iwon, and Hungnam) and three tours in Vietnam, Ken Bumpus, PHCM, US Navy (ret.), has drawn from his background to produce this novel, a fictional depiction of one Combat Camera Team’s Vietnam adventures.
Ken’s photographs and stories have appeared in numerous US and foreign magazines and newspapers, such as: The old Washington Star Sunday Pictorial, The New York Herald Tribune (Paris Edition), The San Diego Dispatch, The Seattle Times Sunday Pictorial, The San Juan Star (Puerto Rico), Stars And Stripes (Far east and European editions), The Florida Bankers Magazine, And Woman’s World. One of his photos of the invasion of Inchon was used to illustrate a ROBERT RIPLEY BELIEVE IT, OR NOT item.
In 1963, he was named one of the Navy’s top ten documentary photographers and selected to attend a Navy-pioneered course of education in Photojournalism at Syracuse University.
Following his ‘65, ‘66 and ‘67 tours in Vietnam, where he earned the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, Master Chief Bumpus was assigned to the Navy Advanced Photography School, in Pensacola, Florida as Phase Supervisor. His next duty was with the Combat Camera Group, Atlantic (Puerto Rican Detachment), as leading Chief. On being detached from CCGLant, he was awarded The Navy Achievement Medal for his work there.
Ken’s final duty station was at The United States Naval Academy as Staff Photojournalist, where he retired in 1973. At that time, The Superintendent of the academy presented Ken with a Letter of Commendation.
Subsequent to his retiring, Ken worked twelve more years for the Navy as a Civil Service Photographer at the Orlando Recruit Training Command. Then, spent five years managing the Photo Department of the Seminole County (FL) Sheriff’s Office.
Ken is a Life Member of The National Press Photographer’s Association, and National Association of Naval Photography. He is also a Charter Member of the US Navy Memorial Foundation, The National World War II Memorial Society, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, and an Honorary Member of The Florida Sheriffs Association.
In 1992, Ken took final retirement, and has filled his days photographing and writing for his personal pleasure.view less