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Elza Miller Collection (427) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 4270000000
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
2
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 December 2001
Scope and Contents
Military administrative documents, ephemera, and artifacts document Elza L. Miller's tour of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army 124th Transportation Command in 1967 and 1968.
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Photographs
VA024861 - VA025047, VA025063 - VA025069, VA025590 - VA025596
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Museum Objects
427museum0379: Field Burner stand with fuel square
427museum0380: Two Name Tags
427museum0381: Boot laces
427museum0382 - 427Museum0384: Sun glasses
427museum0385: Bootbands
427museum0386: Brass Beltbuckle
427museum0387: Web-beltbuckle with packaging
427museum0388: Web-beltbuckle
427museum0389: Two Signal Corps Insignia
427museum0390: Vietnam Campaign Service Medal
427museum0391: St. Michael's Medal
427museum0392: Republic of Vietnam Service Ribbon
427museum0393: Vietnam Campaign Ribbon bordered by Presidental Unit Citation
427museum0394: Nine 10-Dong coins
427museum0395: Six 5-Dong Coins
427museum0396: Three 1-Dong Coins
427museum0397: 20 Dong paper bill
427museum0398: Five Taiwanese Bills of an Unknown Denomination
427museum0399: 10 Pfenning coin
427museum0400: Requalifying pin for M-14
427museum0401 - 427museum0402: Name tags
427museum0403: Four cloth tags with U.S. Army Inscribed
427museum0404: Seventh Army Patch
427museum0405: First Army Patch
427museum0406: Three USARV Patches
427museum0407: Fatigue Specialist 5 patch
427museum0408: Speicalist-5 patch
427museum0409: 124th Transportation Command (Terminal) Patch
427museum0410: Three USARV Patches
427museum0411: US Army Cover
427museum0412: Bush Hat
427museum0413: Two ground covers
427museum0414, 427museum0418, 427museum0419: Poncho Pants
427museum0415: Poncho storage bag
427museum0416: Poncho
427museum0417: Poncho Top
427museum0420: Yellow Laundry Bag
427museum0421: Small Duffel Bag
427museum0422: Helmet Bag
427museum0423: Travel Bag
427museum0424 - 427museum0425: Vest
427museum0426: Row of Ribbon Bars
427museum0427: Combat Infantry Badge
427museum0428: Presidental Unit Citation boarder
427museum0429: Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Award
427museum0430: Army Achievement Ribbon
427museum0431: Jungle Expert Patch
427museum0432: Two Signal Corps Insignia
427museum0433: Infantry Insignia
427museum0434: Small Black Binder
427museum0435: Switch Blade Comb
427museum0436: Display Case of Medals and Citations
427museum0437: Display Case of Ribbon Bars and Lapel Pins
427museum0438: Photo Album
427museum0439: U.S. Army Sleeping Bag
$27museum0440: Garrison Cap
427museum0441: U.S. Army Web Belt with pouch
427museum0442 - 427museum0443: U.S. Army Boots
427museum0444: Two Ammo Boxes
427museum0445: Two 7.62 Ammo Boxes
427museum0446: Two 5.56 Ammo Boxes
427museum0447: Display Case with Patches
427museum0448: Bumper sticker with the following inscription "Served with Pride Vietnam"
427museum0449: Bumper Sticker with the following inscription "Why the MIA cover-up? Read Kiss the Boys Goodbye."
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Audio
24 - 3" reel to reel tapes
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D116.3 [D116.3]]
  • MATS Transportation Authorization - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • MACV Form 385 - Currency Transaction Record, 1 April 1968 (2 items)
  • Meal Card
  • U.S. Postal Money Order (4 items)
  • Selective Service Registration Certificate
  • Selective Service System: Notice of Classification
  • Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States
  • Nine Rules for Personnel of US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
  • Tips on VC/NVA Mines and Booby Traps
  • Standing Orders, Rogers Rangers
  • Adverse Effects of Heat Symptoms, First Aid Treatment
  • Exchange Stamp
  • Reading map coordinates
  • Military Pay Voucher
  • Documents related to Rest and Relaxation in Hawaii
  • Leader's Guide for Operations in Southeast Asia, no 350-16
  • Ranger Training
  • N. Van Hieu, Che Guevara Guerrilla Warfare: A Method, 1966 - - -
  • Carbines (Cal. .30, M1, M1A1, M2, and M3
  • Merrill's Marauders, 1968
  • Guerrilla Warfare and Special Forces Operations, FM 31-21
  • Copies of Discharge
  • Soldiers Handbook
  • Booklet, Mission Accomplished: The Story of the Campaigns of the VII Corps, United States Army in the War against Germany, 1944-1945 - -
  • Booklet, United States Army Training Center Air Defense, Fort Bliss, TX (Company A, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade)
  • Booklet, Vietnam: The Shadow War
  • Catalog, Normount Technical Publications: Books about Military weapons and tactics

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=4270000000

Citation
Elza Miller Collection (427) Finding Aid, Elza Miller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=4270000000, Accessed 08 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
4270000000, Elza Miller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 06 Dec 2001 [Updated: 16 Feb 2023]