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Jerry K. Hunter Collection (1819) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 18190000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
5.0
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 05 July 2006
Scope and Contents
Artifacts, Army Field Manuals, awards and certificates, photographs, and books document Jerry K. Hunter's service in the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam.
3
Books
Quoations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (First Edition, 1966)
The AK-47 Assault Rifle edited by Wyant LaMont (1969)
The 1st Cav in Vietnam: Anatomy of a Division by Shelby Stanton (1987)
1
Museum Objects
1819museum2773: Republic of Vietnam Campaign medal with 1960 Device
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.041.4 [M3.041.4]]
  • Chien Cu: War Material Used by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam or Presumably Available to North Vietnam (Feb 1966)
  • Chien Cu (I): War Material Presumably in Service in North Vietnam
  • Chien Cu (II): War Material Used by Viet Cong in South Vietnam
  • Department of the Army Field Manual 21-76: Survival and Escape (March 1969)
  • Department of the Army Field Manual 8-50: Bandaging and Splinting (June 1957)
  • Department of the Army Field Manual 23-9: M16A1 Rifle and Rifle Marksmanship (June 1974)
  • Interim Report of Operations: First Cavalry Division (July 1965 to December 1966)
  • Roster: First Cavalry Division Association (Nov 1967)
  • Fort Ord, California, US Army Training Center, Infantry, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade (no date)
  • The 1st Air Cavalry Division, Vietnam, August 1965 to December 1969
  • First Cavalry Division Association certificate
  • Honorable Discharge (30 Sept 1969)
  • Bronze Star award citation
  • Certificate of service with the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry (Sept-Nov 1964)
  • Purple Heart certificate (12 Nov 1965)
  • Bronze Star certificate (20 Jan 1966)
  • Bullwhip Squadron certificate (1965-1973)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18190000000

Citation
Jerry K. Hunter Collection (1819) Finding Aid, Jerry K. Hunter Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=18190000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
18190000000, Jerry K. Hunter Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Jul 2006 [Updated: 06 Apr 2020]