Draft:Bruce Allen Atwell

Submission declined on 26 October 2024 by I dream of horses (talk).

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by I dream of horses 9 days ago. Last edited by I dream of horses 9 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Comment: Only the Observer-Reporter source is independent. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 23:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Bruce Allen Atwell (September 26, 1944 – September 1, 2006) was an American photographer who served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is most known for his combat photographs of the Vietnam War. His photographs from the Battle of Hue are especially renowned and have been published widely in both print and academic texts.

Career

Sgt. Atwell served as a combat photographer in the 3rd Marine Division from 1962–1968. During the Battle of Hue, from January to March 1968, Sgt. Atwell was "among the first Marines sent in to retake the centuries-old imperial citadel in a gruesome close-quarters street fight."^[1]

His photographs of Hue have been described as "essential to Americans’ historical record of what happened" and are appreciated for their artistic and documentary qualities.^[2]

Upon retirement from the Marines, Sgt. Atwell worked as an Engineer with the Norfolk Southern Railway until 2000.^[3]

Personal life

Sgt. Atwell was a Lutheran, and a member of the Spencer Moose Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Salisbury, NC chapter, and Samuel C. Hart Post of the American Legion.