Scope and Contents

Less than one linear foot of documents and photographs detail Donald F. Harrison's service in Vietnam. One hundred and one photographs taken by Harrison document the area in and around the Tan Son Nhut airfield near Saigon, and various other military installations in South Vietnam, in 1965 and 1966. 'Computers, Electronic Data, and the Vietnam War,' an article written by Harrison, appeared in the journal Archivaria in Summer 1988. The article outlines experiences with new types of historical records. Harrison mailed the photos and article to the Vietnam Archive in 2007.

Biographical / Historical

In September 1965, Donald F. Harrison, then a Major, was assigned to US Army Headquarters in Vietnam and to the G-3 section as the chief of the history branch. During his one year assignment, he established the army historical program, working in cooperation with military history detachments in all the major army commands under USARV jurisdiction. In September 1966, Harrison was reassigned to the Office of the Chief of Military History in Washington, D.C. He retired from the Army in 1969 at the rank of Lietenant Colonel.

After his Army service, Harrison worked for the National Archives in Washington, D.C. He worked on a project involving electronic records retrieval from the Department of Defense, and oversaw the accession of thousands of tapes on tactical operations and logistical programs into permanent storage at the National Archives. He retired from NARA in 1990 and now lives in south Florida.