Mr. Ralph Reinhart Collection (1618) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 16180000000
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- Mr. Ralph Reinhart Collection
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- Finding Aid
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Creation: 12 September 2005
Scope and Contents
Books, military documents, photographs, posters, periodicals, newsletters, and museum objects document Ralph Reinhart's involvement in the Vietnam Conflict serving with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and his interest in the study of the war and involvement in veterans associations after his service.Biographical / Historical
Ralph Reinhart served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam Conflict.- 27
- Books
Book List
The Ace Factor by Mike Spick, Naval Institute Press, 1988
Air Spy by Constance Babington-Smith, Ballantine Publishing Group, 1957
America on Guard by Thomas Penfield, Rand McNally & Company, 1941
At the Edge of History by William Irwin Thompson, Harper & Row, 1971
Basic Field Manual: Soldiers Handbook, 23 July 1941
Best Little Stories from World War II by C. Brian Kelly, Montpelier Publishing, 1989
Dak To by Edward F. Murphy, Presidio Press, 1993 (signed by members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade)
Deception in World War II by Charles Cruickshank, Oxford University Press, 1979
The Dynamics of World History by Christopher Dawson, New American Library, 1962
Essays in the Philosophy of History by R.G. Collingwood, University of Texas Press, 1965
Essentials of Infantry Training (9th edition), Military Service Publishing Co., 1941
From OSS to Green Berets by Aaron Bank, Pocket Books, 1986
Hidden Worlds by M.H.J. Th. Van der Veer and P. Moerman, Bantam Books, 1973
History: Its Purpose and Method by G.J. Renier, Harper & Row Publishers, 1965
How to Study History by Norman F. Cantor and Richard I. Schneider, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967
Instruction Memoranda and Schedules, Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, [1918]
Linebacker by Karl J. Eschmann, Ballantine Publishing Group, 1989
The Living and the Dead by Paul Hendrickson, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996
The Nature of Historical Inquiry by Leonard M. Marsak, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970
Operations, FM 100-5, Department of the Army, 1982
Reappraisals in History by J.H. Hester, Harper & Row Publishers, 1963
The Scientific American War Book by Albert A. Hopkins (editor), Munn & Company, 1916
Secret Weapons of World War II by Gerald Pawle, Ballantine Publishing Group, 1967
Slow Burn by Orrin DeForest and David Chanoff, Pocket Books, 1990
Soldiers Manual of Common Tasks, Skill Level 1, 1987
Studying History: How and Why by Robert V. Daniels, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972
The Super Spies by Andrew Tully, Pocket Books, 1970 (missing front cover)
United States Army Special Forces by Ian Padden, Bantam Books, 1985
War of Wits by Ladislas Farago, Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1954
When the Buffalo Fight by Lex McAulay, Bantam Books, 1987
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- Photographs
VA043244 - VA043247: 4 photographs of a USO show assembled on one page
VA066968-VA066971
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- Maps
Bien Hoa/Long Binh/Bearcat map (2 copies)
Vietnam Conflict Map
The Peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia and full map of Asia (National Geographic)
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- Posters
7 blacklight posters
1 Blacklight poster with sexually graphic material
1 Black Sabbath poster
2 Beatles posters
1 Shakespeare quote poster
"Our World War II Heritage: Two Decades That Changed the World" (2 copies)
"Our Postwar Heritage: Legacies of World War II" (2 copies)
"The Home Front: 1941-1945" (2 copies)
U.S. Forces Vietnam: April 1956 - April 1975
Oversized black and white portrait of Ralph Reinhart
"The Epic of Flight" poster (Time/Life Books)
"The Vietnam Experience" poster (Time/Life Books)
Richard Nixon newsprint poster with text "Republican party nominee for the Presidency"
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- Museum Objects
1618museum1732 - 1618museum1946: 214 Various military patches
1618museum1956 - 1618museum2025: 69 Various military pins
1618museum2053 - 1618museum2056: t-shirts of ASA and other units that served in Vietnam
1618museum2057: Heavy green army jacket
1618museum2058: License plate with black helicopter and Vietnam Conflict colors of red, green and yellow
1618museum2061: U.S. Army Staff Sergeant fatigue jacket
1618museum2062: Airforce parachute jumping wings cloth patch
1618museum2140: Michigan Remembers Pin
1618museum2141: Michigan Remembers Pin
1618museum2142: Bring Them Home pin
1618museum2143: Air Force plague "For Mother"
1618museum2144: Army Commendation Medal with lapel bars and one oak leaf cluster
1618museum2805: USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) ashtray
1618museum2806: Used admission ticket for Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, 29 May 1971
1618museum2807: Small round pin containing "April 24 SMC"
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- Newsletters
Redcatcher! - Summer 1995, Winter 1996, Winter/Spring 1997, Winter 1995, Summer 1995, Winter 1994, Summer/Fall 1996, Summer/Fall 1999
The Fort Myer Post - June 1968, 06 August 1968, 27 August 1968, 14 January 1969, 28 January 1969
The Ivy Leaves - September 2004, December 2004
DESA News - July/August 1994
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- Serials
Air & Space: 1993: April/May;
Airplane: Vol. 13 Issue 155
American Heritage: 1988: February/March; 1991: February/March; 1999: 1999: February/March;
Armada International: December 1992/January 1993;
Army: 1989: April; 2003: March;
Army Information Digest: 1963: September;
Army Times: 1991: June;
Assembly: 1995: March;
Chicago Tribune Magazine: 1969: January 26;
Congressional Quarterly's Editorial Research Reports: 1991: March 15;
Cracked Magazine: 1976: December;
Detroit:1980: September 28;
The Detroit Free Press: 1966: May 15; 1969: July 13, July 21; 1973: January 28; 1990: June 17;
The Detroit News: 1969: December 28; 1986: August 29;
The Detroit News and Free Press: 1999: February 13;
Entertainment Weekly: 1990: February 23;
Film Comment: 1979: September/October;
Fortune: 1967: April;
Friends Journal: 1992: Winter;
Guns: 1972: September;
Harper's Magazine: 2000: April
Holiday in Japan: 1970: May;
In These Times: 1997: March 3-16;
Life: 1969: November 14; 1970: May 15, May 22; 1972: January 21; April 21; 1976 ;
The Macomb Daily: 1992: June 11
Mad Magazine: 1970: September;
Michigan: The Magazine of the Detroit News: 1983: November 13; 1984: November 4; 1987: November 8;
Modern Maturity: 2000: May/June
The 'Nam: 1988: January 14;
National Geographic: 1965: January; 1985: May;
Newsweek: 2004: April 19;
Pacific Stars and Stripes: 1970: October 4;
Saturday Review: 1972: December; 1975: February 22;
Saturday Review World: 1974: August 24
Sports Illustrated: 1990: March 28;
Telescope: 1971: May/June; 1975: March/April, May/June; 1976: March/April, May/June; 1978: March/April, July/August, September/October, November/December; 1979: January/February, May/June, 1982: September/October; 1983: March/April; 1987: January/February, March/April, September/October; 1988: March/April, September/October, November/December; 1989: March/April, September/October; 1990: July/August;
Time: 1968: November 8, December 20; 1969: March 28; 1995 April 24;
True: 1969: March;
The TV Book (Detroit Free Press): 1975: March 2-8;
The U.S. Veteran Dispatch: 1994: June 17;
Wisdom Magazine: 1959: Limited Edition
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- Newspapers
Redcatcher!: 1970: July 29
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D054.2C ]]
- Box 3: [Barcode: 3] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D054.2D ]]
- Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D056.3 Individual Oversize Box 7 [D056.3]]
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Engineer Field Data Manual. FM 5-34. (June 1956) [2 copies]
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Small-Arms Ammunition. TM 9-1305-200. (June 1961)
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Individual Weapons and Marksmanship (September 1966)
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Preventive Maintenance on the M60 Machine Gun (January 1982)
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Handbook for US Forces in Vietnam (April 1967)
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The Soldier's Handbook (1 June 1966)
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Army Correspondence Course,Army Intelligence Subcourse 454: Soviet Union (February1966; Revised September 1968)
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DA PAM 360-201. Troop Topics: Army Firepower. -
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USARV Therapeutic Formulary (1 Sep 1969)
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Vietnam Studies: The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966-1968
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Foreign Service Institute: Swahili - An Active Introduction, General Conversation
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Gunner's Pocket Manual Machinegun, 7.62MM, M60 (April 1963)
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Military Publications
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"Why We Salute" military pamphlet (20 March 1969)
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"Things to do Under Nuclear, Biological or Chemical Attack" pamphlet
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A Pocket Guide to Thailand
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The Proceedings of the Thirtieth Air Force Academy Assembly: The American Role in the Global Economy (1-4 March 1988)
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Issues (Issues in United States Foreign Policy), No. 2 - NATO and the Defense of Europe
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The Hallmark (February 1970)
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199th Light Infantry Brigade (Redcatcher) documents
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199th Light Infantry Brigade: "Redcatcher" 32d Reunion and Memorial Dedication (Memorial Day Weekend 1998)
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Redcatcher Yearbook (May 1969)
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Letter to Reinhart from Redcatcher, Inc. (15 May 1996)
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Miscellaneous pages from Redcatcher Newsletter
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Redcather Inc. reunion dates reminder post card
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Reinhart's Personal Materials
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Redcatcher Association membership card
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U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) Ration Card for Larry P. Ritchie (01 April 1968)
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Photocopy of MACV Payroll card for Reinhart (original in restricted access)
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Photocopy of B-52 Stratofortress business card (original in restricted access)
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Photocopy of Ralph Reinhart's Passport (Issued 21 October 1970) (original in restricted access)
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Reinhart's personal diary notebook
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199th Infantry Brigade Certificate of Achievement (blank)
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Photocopy of Army Security Agency School Graduation Certificate for Enlisted Traffic Analyst Course (original in restricted access)
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Photocopy of Army Security Agency School Graduation Certificate for completion of the Tactical Training Course (original in restricted access)
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National Rifle Association of America qualification certificate (August 1968)
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"Monument": A play written by Ralph Reinhart (11 June 1991)
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"McCarthy: Environment, Motivation, and Results" by Ralph Reinhart (April 1988)
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Vietnam - to those who served postcard
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Three daily planners (1990, 1990, 1991)
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Two sheets of stamps
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Various other non-copyrighted documents
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Various post cards from Vietnam and the military
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Military patch identification documents
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United States Army Order of Battle for Regular Army Divisions (30 June 1995)
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"Special Forces in Southeast Asia: U.S. Special Forces, Vietnamese Special Forces, Irregular Forces" compiled by Cecil B. Smyth, Jr.
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Various other copyrighted materials
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Various copyrighted materials: Military pamphlets, 1992 Calendar, "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" programs and various periodical/newspaper cut-outs
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"Hemp" by Lyster H. Dewey
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"The Best Map of Moscow" from Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1997
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"Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War" by John J. Mearsheimer, from The Atlantic Monthly, August 1990
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Army Security Agency Online: ASA Order of Battle, Republic of Vietnam, by Unit (13 pages)
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Brain-Washing: A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics
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"Army Security Agency Aerial Reconnaissance: Mission and Sacrifice" (Center for Cryptologic History)
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"The Origins of NSA" (Center for Cryptologic History)
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World War II Materials
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Army Day Parade admission ticket
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World War II Recommended Juvenile Non-Fiction Books, 1939-1945
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War in the Pacific: Home Fronts of 1943
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War in the Pacific: The Pacific Offensive
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Tarawa: Toughest Battle in Marine Corps History
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U.S. Saving Bonds commemorative certificate
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List of 52 boats MIA from World War II
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Tuskegee Airmen Fact Sheet
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U.S. Submarine Veterans, World War II: Mark 14 Torpedo Memorial
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"The Start of the Digital Revolution: SIGSALY, Secure Digital Voice Communications in World War II" (NSA Center for Cryptologic Studies)
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"So Power Can Be Brought into Play: SIGINT and the Pusan Perimeter" (NSA Central Security Service, Series V, Volume 4)
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"The Cryptographic Mathematics of Enigma" by Dr. A. Ray Miller (2001)
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"Rare Books in teh National Cryptologic Museum" (Center of Cryptologic History)
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"Solving the Enigma: History of the Crytanalytic Bombe" (NSA Center for Cryptologic History)
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"Sharing the Burden: Women in Cryptology during World War II" (Center for Cryptologic History)
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Ration Cards
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Basic Mileage Ration Cards from World War II
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Applications for Supplemental and Occupational Mileage Ration from World War II
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Letter to the Wayne County Rationing Board (July 5, 1944)
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Military Intelligence, April-June 1984
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MIlitary Intelligence, July-September 1984
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Military Intelligence, October-December 1984
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Military Intelligence, January-March 1985
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Military Intelligence, April-June 1985
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Military Intelligence, July-September 1985
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Military Intelligence, October-December 1985
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Military Intelligence, July-September 1986
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Miscellaneous photocopied photographs
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Photocopied catalog of U.S. Army Security Agency Patches
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Miscellaneous photocopied magazine and newsletter articles
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Laminated photo copies of photographs
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AAFES PACEX 1973 Mail Order Catalog
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USS Hornet cruise book (1967)
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Oversize material
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"The Veteran Journal" newspaper clipping
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Redcatcher (199th Light Infantry Brigade) Reunion banner made by Ralph Reinhart
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Blue Angles poster
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Poster of various patches (2 copies)
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Poster of insignia and photographs
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"Stern" clipping in German (31 December 1967)
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"The New York Times Magazine" clipping (13 July 1969)
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"Life" Magazine clipping (28 May 1971)
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"Detroit Free Press" clipping (11 October 1973)
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"Detroit Free Press" clipping (19 October 1976)
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"The Detroit News" section H (10 April 1991)
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"Tech Center News" clipping (19 April 1993)
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"Detroit Free Press" clipping (12 August 1994)
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"Detroit Free Press" clipping (30 July 1995)
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"The Detroit News" clipping (14 August 1995)
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Unknown newspaper clipping (31 July 1996)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=16180000000
- Citation
- Mr. Ralph Reinhart Collection (1618) Finding Aid, Mr. Ralph Reinhart Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=16180000000, Accessed 07 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 16180000000, Mr. Ralph Reinhart Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 11 Sep 2005 [Updated: 12 Nov 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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