Philip L. French Collection (2163) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 21630000000
- Collection
- Philip L. French Collection
- Association
- Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
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- Pages
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 10 December 2008
Scope and Contents
Copies of two articles from Friends Journal written by Philip French document his experiences in Southeast Asia.Biographical / Historical
Philip L. French was born in Newcastle, Indiana 1940. He volunteered for the United States Air Force in 1965 and served with them for twenty-seven years. He was in Southeast Asia for one year with the Air Force and a little over two years with the Peace Corps (Thailand 1963-5). French served as a Pilot with the 606th Special Operations Squadron for one year (October 1968 to October 1969). During the year he was stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base. Although he only held the rank of Captain in Southeast Asia, he later retired as a Lt. Colonel in the Reserves serving as a USAFAcademy Admissions Liaison Officer.- 2
- Photographs
3 photographs from "Operation About Face" in the Plain of Jars, Laos, September 1969
6 Photographs of French's U-10D Helio Super Courier and service with the 606th Special Operations Squadron in Southeast Asia, October 1968 - October 1969
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- Museum Objects
2163museum3316: Pathet Lao flag captured during Operation About Face in the Plain of Jars, Laos, September 1969
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- 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D060.4 ]]
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Friends Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2 Summer 2007, U-10 Operations at Nakhon Phanom by Lt. Col. Philip French USAF (Ret.)
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- Small selection of "psychological warfare" leaflets dropped from U-10D Helio Super Couriers
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One piece of paper documenting the leaflets with a brief description by Phillip L. French
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21630000000
- Citation
- Philip L. French Collection (2163) Finding Aid, Philip L. French Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21630000000, Accessed 07 Mar 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 21630000000, Philip L. French Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 09 Dec 2008 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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