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Wambi Cook Collection (3196) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 31960000000
Wambi Cook Collection (3196) Finding Aid
The collection consists of approximately 5 linear feet of materials documenting Sergeant Wambi Cook's U.S. Army service as a rifleman and radio telephone operator (RTO) with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade from February 1967 to February 1968. The materials include correspondence regarding Sergeant Cook's wife's allegations of racial discrimination against her husband and her request for Sergeant Cook to be sent home; soil which Sergeant Cook obtained during return trips to Hill 1338 in 2016 and Hill 875 and its vicinity in 2011 and 2017; and a 173rd Airborne Brigade 50th anniversary commemorative coin. Also included are two periodicals and a 173rd Airborne Brigade flag documenting a 2017 trip to Vietnam by Sky Soldier Gene Cartier, as well as a certificate of recognition for the 32nd annual Sky Soldier reunion in Virginia in 2018. The materials are dated 1967 and 2011-2018.
Collection: Wambi Cook Collection
Association: 173rd Airborne Brigade Association

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Added: 05 Jul 2021 [Updated: 20 Oct 2022]
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