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James E. Bone Collection (1778) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 17780000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.2
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 19 May 2006
Scope and Contents
Less than one linear foot of photographs, correspondence and newspaper clippings document James E. Bone's service with the 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) during the Vietnam Conflict. Photographs and newspaper clippings date from the war era. The letter dates from 1994.
39
Photographs
VA045957 - VA045984: 28 casualties of war
VA045985 - VA045989: 5 of Jim Bone dressed as Santa
VA045954, VA045956, VA045990 - VA045993: 6 of Bone's company and camp
VA045955: 1 of family
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [C-7A Caribou Individual Collections - D101.6A ]]
  • Newspaper clipping: "Air Force Santa Visits Green Berets: Santa Bou Project Spreads Yule Cheer"
  • Newspaper clipping: "Sgt. Jim Bone Helps Santa In Vietnam"
  • Letter to Jimmie Bone from his parents (18 August 1994)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17780000000

Citation
James E. Bone Collection (1778) Finding Aid, James E. Bone Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17780000000, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
17780000000, James E. Bone Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 18 May 2006 [Updated: 31 May 2022]