Louis Rios Collection (2159) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 21590000000
- Collection
- Louis Rios Collection
- Association
- Americal Division Veterans Association
- Title
- Louis Rios Collection (2159) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009-12-02
- Linear Feet
- 9.25
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Finding Aid Date: 02 December 2009
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately nine linear feet of materials including books, periodicals, newsletters, video, DVDs, photographs, reunion information, memos/correspondence, articles/clippings, artifacts, and ephemera documenting Louis Rios' service with the Americal Division (Company A, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division) in the Vietnam War, and his membership in the Americal Division Veterans Association after the war. The collection also includes flyers and pamphlets; records re: the Agent Orange Veteran Payment Program; mailing lists; service records; military orders; award citations; recommendation letters; journal transcripts; website printouts; certificates; VA claims and disability rating decision records; award entitlement verification records; medical records; and financial records.Biographical / Historical
Louis Phillip Rios was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1945. He was drafted in 1968 in the United States Army where he served one year and ten months of active duty service with Company A 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Americal Division. While with A Co. 1/20th Rios served as a squad leader in Duc Pho, Vietnam. He participated in combat mission out of Ha Thanh with Special Forces in 1968. During his service in Vietnam he received many Awards and Citations including Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat. He retired due to medical reasons in 1969 at the rank of Specialist.Rios currently belongs to Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Americal Division Veterans Association, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. After the military he worked for the United States Postal Office for thirty-three years.
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- Posters
2159poster0140 - Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam
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- Electronic Media
2159EM0460 - Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Documents
2159EM0461 - Americal Division Documents for Louis Rios, Volume 3
2159EM0462 - Military Order of the Purple Heart Membership Directory 2003
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- Museum Objects
2159museum3390 - 23rd Infantry Division "Americal" Cap
2159museum3391, 3392, 3393 - Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Cap (3)
2159museum3394 - Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry T-Shirt
2159museum3395 - Americal Division Veterans Association license plate holder
2159museum3396 - Americal Division Veterans Association Reunion pin from Reno, Nevada, 2004
2159museum3397 - Vietnam Veteran Cap
2159museum3449 - Louis Rios & Roberta Rios name tags from Americal Division Veterans Association Reunions
2159museum3450 - Americal Division Lanyard
2159museum6798 - Hair Clippers used by Rios to give haircuts in the Army
2159museum6799 - Rabbit's Foot
2159museum6800 - Straight Blade used by Rios to give haircuts in the Army
2159museum6797 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Christmas Ornament
2159museum6801 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Key Chain
2159museum6802 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Lapel Pin
2159museum6803 - American flag lapel pin
2159museum6806 - Combat Infantry Badge patch
2159museum6807 - Infantry patch
2159museum6808 - Americal Division 11th Infantry Brigade Patch
2159museum6809 - Americal Division Patch
2159museum6810 - Vietnam Gallantry Cross
2159museum6811 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 2011 Collector's Edition Coin
2159museum6812 - Vietnam Alpha 1 Ball Cap
2159museum6819 - Sergeant Patch
2159museum6820 - Sergeant Patch
2159museum6821 - P-38 Can Opener
2159museum6822 - Military Payment Certificate - 1$
2159museum6823 - Military Payment Certificate - 1$
2159museum6828 - One Dong Bill
2159museum6829 - One Dong Bill
2159museum6830 - Five Dong Bill
2159museum6831 - Five Dong Bill
2159museum6832 - 20 Dong Bill
2159museum6833 - 50 Dong Bill
2159museum6834 - 100 Dong Bill
2159museum6835 - 200 Dong Bill
2159museum6836 - 200 Dong Bill
2159museum6837 - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross
2159museum6844 - 197th Infantry Brigade Patch
2159museum6845 - Americal Division Lock
2159museum6847 - VVMF Lapel Pin
2159museum6876 - Honor our Vietnam Vets Sticker
2159museum6877 - ADVA Decal
2159museum7099 - P38 can opener
2159museum7100 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Coin
2159museum7101 - Green Catholic Scapular
2159museum7102 - Green Catholic Scapular
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- Books
Never Forget: the Story Behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial edited by List Gough, 2008
Transformations: UC Santa Barbara, 1909 - 1979 by Robert Kelley, 1981
The Last Christmas Show by Bob Hope as told to Pete Martin, 1974
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: the Diary of Dan Thuy Tram translated by Andrew X. Pham, 2007
Voices from the Wall, complied by Jan C. Scruggs, 1999
Dreams Unfulfilled: Stories of the Men and Women on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Jan C. Scruggs, 2010
The Wall That Heals by Jan C. Scruggs, 1992
Vietnam Order of Battle by Shelby L. Stanton, 1987
Days of Valor: An Inside Account of the Bloodiest Six Months of the Vietnam War by Robert L. Tonsetic, 2007
Treasures of Mexico from the Mexican National Museums
The Viet Vet Survival Guide, 1985
Military Order of the Purple Heart - Membership Directory 2003
Today is Not a Good Day for War by David Krieger, 2005 (signed by author)
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger, 2016 (signed by author)
Vietnam Inspiration by Kim Mascheroni-Kieler, 2001
America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam,
1950-1975, Third Edition, by George Herring, 1996
Dogs from Illusion by Charley B. Trujillo, 1994 (autographed by the author)
Jungle Rules: A True Story of Marine Justice in Vietnam by Charles W.
Henderson, 2006
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles Henderson, 1986
Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam by Charley B. Trujillo, 1990 (autographed by the
author)
The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973
by Shelby L. Stanton, 1985
Vietnam: A Complete Photographic History, text by Michael Maclear and
photographs edited by Hal Buell, 2003
The House of Purple Hearts by Paul Solotaroff, 1995
Nam Vet: Making Peace with Your Past by Chuck Dean, 1988
Vietnam: Three Battles by SLA Marshall, 1983
The Greedy War by James Hamilton Paterson, 1972
Killed in Action-Struck by Lightning: A Viet Nam Combat Medic's Story by John William Bennett, 2008 (2)
Military Order of the Purple Heart - Membership Directory 2003
California Veteran's Resource Book by Edmund G. Brown Jr, 2014
Electric Tibet by James N. Doukas, 1969
Garcia: A Signpost to New Space - The Rolling Stone Interview by Charles Reich
and Jann Wenner plus a Stoned Sunday Rap with Jerry, Charles and Mountain Girl,1972
America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam,
1950-1975, Third Edition, by George Herring, 1996
Carnales: A History of Chicano Vietnam Veterans by John C. Trejo, 2013
Tiger Mountain: Hispanics in the Vietnam War by Z. E. Sanchez, 2013
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey by V. S. Naipaul, 1981
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- Photographs
VA057131-VA057138, VA057145-VA057151, VA057165-VA2057175: 26 Photos of "The Moving Wall" in Santa Barbara, California
2 photos of friends while in Vietnam, LZ Bronco
21 Photos of the Americal Division reunion and of Louis Rios
VA057128-VA057130: 3 photos 2001 Americal Division reunion in Cleveland
VA057164: 4 photos of Louis Rios in Vietnam
1 photo of the "Tigerland" Ft. Polk, LA. 1968
1 photo of Louis Rios and Tom Acosta at the Vietnam Memorial
Portrait of unidentified youth; b&w; 2 x 3 inches
2 photographs - aerial view; mountains; color; 3.25 x 3.5 inches, 8.5 x 11 inches
34 Photographs from the Americal Division Veterans Association Reunion in St. Louis, 1999
33 from the Americal Division Veterans Association Reunion in Washington D.C., 2002
8 photographs of soldiers in vietnam
15 Photographs on a scrapbook page depicting R&R in Hawaii
December 1968
3 Louis Rio and fellow soldiers at Fort Polk (Tigerland); color; 3.5 x 3.5 inches
43 photos of Vietnam, people and families
61 photos of the 2009 DC reunion
5 photos of Vietnam, people and families
11 photos of the 2001 Cleveland Reunion
10 photos of the 200 San-Antonio Reunion
80 photos of the 2002 DC reunion
100 photos of soldiers and helis
4 photos of the 2002 Nashville reunion
1 photos of a sunset
35 photos of Vietnam
1 photos of a couple
39 photos of the Vietnam war and romantic moments
78 photos of soldiers of Vietnam
23 photos of soldiers of Vietnam
12 photos of soldiers of Vietnam
7 photos of soldiers of Vietnam
24 photos of soldiers of Vietnam
2 photos a women on a beach and a soldier in Vietnam
35 photographs- ;b&w and color; 4in. x 4in., 8in. x 10in., 2in. x 1in.- photos from Louis Rios Basic Training in Ft. Bliss, TX
24 photographs- ;b&w and color; 4in. x 4in., 8in. x 11in., 5in. x 6in. - Ft. Polk photos of Louis Rios Basic and Infantry Training; Group Photo; Memorial photos
56 photographs- ;b&w and color; various sizes- "Forget Me Not in Vietnam" photo album: photos of family in California; platoon in Vietnam
9 photographs - ;b&w and color; various sizes- Miscellaneous photos from Louis Rios collection: photos of Vietnam; Rios cutting hair; Rios and wife; Rios headshot; photo of plane that took Rios home in 1969
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- Newsletters
Agent Orange Review: 1986: March; 1997: February; 2000: May, August (3 copies); 2001: July, October; 2002: March, May (2 copies); 2003: July (2 copies); 2004: February, November
Americal Journal: 2007: April-June, July-September, October-December; 2008: January-March; 2018: July-September; 2019: January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December; 2020: January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December; 2021: January-March; April-June, July-September, October-December; 2022: January-March, April-June
Americal Newsletter: 1998: October-December; 1999: April-June; 2000: January-March, April-June, July-September; 2001: January-March; 2002: January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December; 2003: April-June, July-September, October-December; 2004: January-March, April-June, July-September, October-December; 2005: January-March
Army Echoes: 1991: Issue 3, Issue 4; 1992: January-March, April-June, July-September; 1993: July-September, October-December; 1995: July-September; 1996: January-March, April-June, July-September; 1997: January-March, July-September, October-December; 1999: Issue 2, Issue 3; 2000: Issue 1; 2001: Issue 1, Issue 3; 2002: December; 2003: May; 2004: May-August, September-December; 2021: February-April
Evigilare: 2000: August
Greater L.A. Today: 2000: May/June
Headquarters 7th Infantry Division (Light) and Fort ORD, Retirement Services Newsletter
Honors: 1997: August; 1998: July; 2002: July
Military Retiree Newsletter: 2003: March/April
Retiree Activities Office: 2000: March
The Cannon: 2005: January; 2006: October; 2016: Spring; 2020: Summer
The Salute 3rd edition
Americal Journal, October/December 2006, January/March 2007,
April/June 2008, July/September 2009, January/March 2010, October/December 2010
Americal Newsletter, September/October 1990, November/December 1990, May/June
1991, September/October 1991, November/December 1991, September/October 1992,
January/February 1993, March/April 1993, May/June 1993, July/August 1993,
October/December 1995, July/September 1996, April/June 1996, October/December
1996, January/March 1997, April/June 1997, October/December 1997, January/March
1998, April/June 1998, July/September 1998, April/June 2001, July/September
2001, October/December 2001, January/March 2003, April/June 2005,
July/September 2005, October/November 2005, January/March 2006, April/June 2006
Americal Journal: 2014: January February March, April May June,
July August September
Honors: Retirement Services Newsletter August 2004
Honors: Retirement Services Newsletter August 2005
Army Echoes September 2003
Army Echoes January - April 2005
Army Echoes May - August 2005
Americal Journal April, May, June 2011
Americal Journal July, August, September 2011
Americal Journal October, November, December 2011
VAnguard January/February 2006
Americal Newsletter: 1987: January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December; 1988: January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December; 1989: March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, November-December; 1990: March-April, May-June; 1992: January-February; 1994: January-February, May-July, August-October, November-December; 1995: January-March, April-June; 1997: July-September
Americal Newsletter: 1986: November - December
Americal Journal: 2008: July - September, October - December;
2009: January - March; 2012: April - June
Americal Journal: 2013: December
Americal Journal; 2012; July - September
Army Echoes: 2002: May; 2004: Jan
Honors; 2003; August
Retired Army Bulletin: 1970: January- March; April- June; July-September; October-December; 1971: January-March; April-June; July-September; October-December; 1972: January-March; April-June; July; August-September; October; November-December; 1973: Volume 1; Volume 2; Volume 4; Volume 5; 1974: Volume 4;
Americal Far West Chapter News: 1993: October;
1994: January-March;
1995: April-June;
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- Serials
C.I.B. Media: 1997: 2nd Quarter; 1998: Fall (2 copies)
Goin' to Kansas City: 2004: Winter
H.J. Saunders, US Military Insignia, Cat No. 96
Honors, Your Number one Source Military Pins, Patches, Belt Buckles & Accessories
Life: 1970: March 27, May 8, October 16, 23, December 25; 1971: March 26; May 21, November 26; 1972: May 12, 19, 26; August 25; September 29, November 10
Los Angeles Times: 1965: October 5; 1984: May 27; 1985: April 28, April 30, May 1, May 8; 1986: May 25; 1987: December 13
Medals of America: No. 30 (2 Copies)
Military: 2003: October
Military Matters
Niagara USA: 2007-2008
Parade: 1982: July 11
Purple Heart Magazine: 2000: January/February; 2001: May/June; 2003: September/October; 2012: July-August
Reno/Tahoe America's Adventure Place
Santa Barbara News Press: 1973: January 1; 1985: May 4, May 11
Santa Barbara News & Review: 1985: April 25
The VVA Veteran: 2002: September/October
Time: 1987: January 26;
Vietnam: 1999: October; 2000: June, October; 2001: August; 2002: April, June, August, October, December; 2003: June, December; 2004: February, April, June, August (2 copies), October, December; 2005: February, April, June, August; 2007: August, October; 2008: February, April, June
VietNow: 2000: Fall
DAV Magazine: 2020: May/June; 2022: January/February, May/June; 2003; July/August
Sports Illustrated: 2001: December: 23
DAV: 2012: July/August
Americal Journal: 2012: July - September
LIFE, 23 October 1970, 25 December 1970, 26 March 1971, 26 November 1971, 19 May 1972, 26 May 1972, 30 June 1972, 25 August 1972 November 1992
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- Audio
2159AU4549 - Alpha, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry LZ Reno 2004 Music
Memories CD
2159AU4550 - Faragher Brothers, 1976 CD
2159AU4551 - Alpha-Gator Bunker Music by Val Longmore
2159AU4552 - Alpha-Gator Bunker Music by Val Longmore
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- Slides
8 slides of Vietnam and The Vietnam War Wall
5 slides of Duc Pho and other Vietnam scenes
Click to view all Slides
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- Moving Images
2159VI4445 - Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (5)
2159VI4455 - Battlefield Vietnam: Count Down to Tet
2159VI4462 - Big Picture Americal ADVA Historical DVD 2007 (2)
2159VI4463 - Big Picture Americal ADVA Historical DVD 1967-68
2159VI4464 - Chu Lai Vietnam: Traditions Military Videos
2159VI4465 - Vietnam War Story: 9 Episodes on 2 Discs (2)
2159VI4466 - Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam
2159VI4468 - I was a Soldier, I am a Soldier, I will Always be a Soldier
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- Newspapers
Retiree Times Summer 2003
Retiree Times Fall 2003
Retiree Times Summer 2004
Retiree Times Winter 2005
El Gaucho: 1966: April 20
El Gaucho: 1967: November 28
The Veteran Leader: Volume 12
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- Maps
2159map0417 1:50,000 Map photocopy of the area of operations for Company A, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Americal Division in Mo Duc, Vietnam 6738-1 [annotated]
2159map0418 Map of Headquarters United States Army Training Center (AD) - Fort Bliss, Texas 79916
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D097.6]]
- Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D081.1 ]]
- Box 3 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D013.5 [D013.5]]
- Box 4 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D097.6]]
- Box 1000 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, Map Drawers, Section 13, Drawer 13 [Map Drawers, Section 13, Drawer 13]]
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Federal Benefits for Veterans And Dependents 1995 Edition - Pamphlet
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Benenfits for Veterans and Service Personnel with Service Since January 31, 1995 and Their Dependents- VA Pamphlet 20-67-1 January 1979
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Benenfits for Veterans and Service Personnel with Service Since January 31, 1995 and Their Dependents- VA Pamphlet 20-67-1 March 1981
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Federal Benefits for Veterans And Dependents 1994 Edition - Pamphlet
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"Need a Lift?" 36th Edition
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Disability Seperation; DoD PA-1A/ DA Pam 360-506/NAVPERS 15863E / AFP 211-10/NAVMC 1117-PD/CG-283
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"What Every Veteran Should Know" 1979 about Veterans' Benefits
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"Veteran Health Today" Fall 2009
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"Veteran Health Today" Sprng 2000 (2copies)
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Federal Benefits for Veterans And Dependents- IS-1 Fact Sheet - Jan 1988
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Once A Veteran - Benefits/Rights/Obligations
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Indroducing VA's New Health Care Program
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Federal Benefits for Veterans And Dependents - Va Pamphlet 80-92-1
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Fee Basis Informational Pamphlet - August 1993
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Handbook on Retirement Services for Army Personnel and Their Families - DA PAM 600-5, January 1969
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Various of Pamphlets and Facts sheets regarding the Department of Veteran Affairs
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Louis Rios handwritten personal reflections and comments regarding the Vietnam War.
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Various documents, letters, and pamphlets on the Military Order of the Purple Heart
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Military Order of the Purple Heart membership card
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"Never Forget: The Story Behind The Vietnam/Veterans Memorial" booklet
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Tommy F. Acosta personal reflections about the Vietnam Memorial
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Rubbings from the Vietnam Memorial of Gilbert M. Maestas and William L. Overstreet
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Decdeication of the Monument Prayer
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1999, 2001, 2004, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Calendar
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Two Certificates of Appreciation to Louis P. Rios by The Wall Society
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11th Infantry Brigade Trident News Sheets from May 31, 1968 to September27, 1968
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Americal News Sheets from January 18, 1968 to September 18, 1968
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Copy of Article" 1/20 Sykes' Regulars"
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Copy of Article " Why have so few Americans ever hears about Billy Walkabout?" 10/07
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Various of newspaper clippings regarding the Americal Divison and 11th Bridage during Vietnam
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Article Clipping titled "PBS' History of Vietnam - A Series of Sorrows" by Bob Brewin
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Magazine Clipping, "Rest & Recuperation for U.S. Fighting Men"
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Newspaper clipping "Ready for Casting"
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Magazine Clipping, "Making of a Medal" by Patriot Bill Bacon
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Various of newspaper clipping regarding VA benefit and health information
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Alpha Company 1st Battlaion 20th Infantry printed copy of website
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4 copies of the Diretory for Retirement Services Officers (RSOs)
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An interview with Mr. Louis Rios -Vietnam War
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Vietnam E.R.A. (Education - Reconciliation - Association) order form -
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Example from the "Southern Cross" and order form
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Initial Orientation Memorandum, 10 January 1968
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Vietnam Veterans of America Products Division Order Form
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Letter to Louis Rios from Leslies Hines regarding a Americal Division CD-ROM
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Online informaiton regarding Medals and Ribbons
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Map of different points in Vietnam
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Herbicide Spray Map
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Online Article "Are You Fit...or Fat?"
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American Hiking Society online information
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Defense Ficanace and Accounting Service letter to Louis Rios
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"Together Then Together Now" - 1985, May 4 1985
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Information regarding membership in the Far West Chapter, Americal Division Veterans Association
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Selective Service envelope for Louis Philip Rios
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Time Life Books Advertisements for, "The Vietnam Experience"
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Digital picture of Mu Lui
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Archival Research International, Washington, D.C. booklet
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Fort Polk, Louisiana Army Postcard
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Brochure for The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
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Various Veteran Association membership cards
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Various of Veteran Stickers
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Army postcard
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Brochure for "Arlington National Cemetery"
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Various of newspaper photo clippings and comic strips of the Vietnam War
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Safe-Conduct Pass
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2 "Short" calendar
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National Personal Records Center scratch paper
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"God...said no" by Frank Diamond, Special to the Daily News
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"Together Again" 2004 Reno Americal Reunion Booklet
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Americal Division Veterans Association, National Reunion 2005 Kansas City, MO Booklet
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Americal Division Veterans Association, Reunion 2007, Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY Booklet
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Various of documents, ticket stubs and digital copies of photos from different Americal Division Reunions from 1999 - 2007 -
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Digital copies of Photos by John McNown of Hq section 2nd Platoon 9/15/1968
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Americal Division Veterans Association Membership Information
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Key for casualty codes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Database
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History and Lineage Americal Division Official History
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History 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, "Sykes Regulars"
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11th Light Infantry Brigade Casualty List
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Example of an Operational Report
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U.S. Army Helicopter Tail Number 66-00970 (UH-1D/H Huey) history.
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Recollection from a Vietnam Veteran
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Oversize
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Los Angeles Times Opinion Section, April 7, 1985
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Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, May 26, 1986
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Los Angeles Times View Section, March 10, 1985
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Santa Barbara News Press Peoples Section, May 7, 1985
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Santa Barabara News Press Article, " President Foresees More Active Combat Role for Gis in Viet" July 13, 1965
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Santa Barabara News Press Article, " Vietnam's People Siding With Reds" August 30, 1962
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Los Angeles Times Article, "A Visit to Vietnam" March 14, 2000
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Los Angeles Times article clippings about the Vietnam War (April 13, 1964-June 6, 1966)
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Santa Barbara News Press Newspaper clippings related to Vietnam War (October 7, 1961- November 11, 2002)
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Letter from Louis Rios to Rudy Pena (1968)
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Mailing list (No Date)
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Selective Service records, military orders, award citations, recommendation letter (1967-1969)
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Correspondence sent to Roberta Rios re: Louis Rios' medical condition (1969)
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Journal transcripts (1968-1969)
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Americal Magazine clipping re: Americal Division operations in September 1968 (January 1969)
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Vietnam Dictionary (website printout) (No Date)
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DAV 50 years of membership certificate and letter (2019)
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Email correspondence between Louis Rios and Charley Trujillo (2008)
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Records re: Agent Orange Veteran Payment Program and other flyers/pamphlets (1985-1993)
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VA records (1969, 1993, 1996, 2003-2011, 2020)
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Records re: award and promotion verification and recommendation (1969, 1984-1985, 2003-2007)
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Clipping, ADVA Far West Chapter materials (1984, 2016)
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John W. Bennett struck by lightning, attempt to secure Purple Heart (1968, 2007-2008)
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Louis Rios as university barber newspaper clipping (1967)
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Ronald Reagan newspaper clipping (1981)
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El Gaucho Vol.48- No.48 Newspaper Memo from Louis Rios, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Manuscript ( No Date)
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Letters from Louis Rios to his parents before serving in Vietnam; one correspondence to Louis Rios (October 8, 1964- October 20, 1965)
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Correspondence from Louis Rios to his parents while Rios was at Ft. Bliss for Basic Training and Ft. Polk for Infantry Training before Vietnam (January 11 1968 - May 7 1968)
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Letters between Rios and his friends from the University of California (January 11, 1968- May 2, 1968)
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Letters from Rios to his fiancée while Rios was at Ft. Bliss and Ft. Polk before Vietnam (January 11, 1968- May 2, 1968)
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Letters from Rios to his family (Mom and Dad) during first months of Vietnam in Chu Lai and Duc Pho (June 15, 1968 - July 26, 1968)
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Letters from Rios to his wife during first months in Vietnam (June 7, 1968 - July 23, 1968)
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Post Card from Rios to Bobbie while in Japan (June 13, 1968)
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Letters from Louis Rios to Mom, Dad, and family while Rios was in Vietnam; letter from friend in University of California; letter from Archbishop of Durban (August 16, 1968 - December 20, 1968)
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Letters from Louis Rios to his wife describing his experiences in Vietnam (September 2, 1968- November 14, 1968)
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Letters from Louis Rios to his parents while in Vietnam; correspondence to sister from Rios ( January 8, 1969- March 25, 1969)
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Letters from Louis Rios to his wife while in Vietnam (January 14 1969- March 13, 1969)
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Letters from Louis Rios to his parents and wife after his booby trap injury; one correspondence from Rios family member with a "Get Well Soon" card as a reaction to Louis's injury (April 2, 1969 - May 28, 1969)
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Letters to Louis Rios from friends, concerned about his injury (April 2, 1969- May 28, 1969)
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Letters to Rios from his wife and Archbishop of Durban related to Louis Rios being wounded (April 1969 - May 1969)
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Letters between Louis Rios and his family members (mom, dad, brother, and wife) while Rios was in the hospital in California (July 15, 1969 - November 4, 1969)
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Mail of Louis Rios: contains letters from family, friends from Alpha 1st Platoon 20th Infantry, and the Disabled American Veterans Association (August 1970- September 1997)
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Website printed rosters of Alpha 1st Platoon 20th Infantry from 1968-1969 (August 7, 1996)
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Correspondence from the Department of the Army, Employee Development Department, and the Department of Education ( 1981-1991)
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Letters written to and from Louis Rios over the years when he was in Vietnam: letters from his family, wife, and friends in California (No Date)
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Postcard from Vietnam (No Date)
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Journal of Louis Rios: Memories of Vietnam (No Date)
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Journal Entries by Louis Rios describing his experiences from Vietnam in 1968-1969 (No Date)
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Personal Narratives of Louis Rios (No Date)
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Card and Personal Narratives (No Date)
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Selective Service Notice (1965)
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Images, flyers/pamphlets, website printouts, personal narratives, and correspondence (2001-2008)
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Memos about Vietnam (No Date)
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Disabled American Veterans Disability Benefits document (March 25, 1983)
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Accounts of life before and during Vietnam with PTSD information (June 21, 2003)
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PTSD reference manual ( June 21 2003)
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Correspondence from the Department of the Army (February 5, 1976)
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Accounts of Vietnam; Accounts of experiencing PTSD and to get help; Accounts of how to deal with injuries suffered in Vietnam (January 6, 2009- January 23, 2010)
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Guides to the M16 Rifle, Booby Traps, and Vietnam; Armed Forces Service Booklet (June 1967- August 1967)
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Ft. Bliss, TX photos manuscript- small newspaper clipping (1968)
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U.S. Army Training Center Air Defense Yearbook from Ft. Bliss, TX (January 22, 1968- March 15, 1968)
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U.S. Army Training Center Air Defense Yearbook from Ft. Bliss, TX (Second copy) (January 22, 1968- March 15, 1968)
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Memorial for William "Bill" Adams Manuscript from Ft. Polk photographs (2006)
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Manuscript for Ft. Polk Photographs (newspaper clippings, memos, website printouts) (1968-2007)
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"Forget Me Not in Vietnam" Photo Album Manuscript (newspaper clippings and correspondence to Louis Rios from wife) (1968-1969)
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Website Printed Images of the Alpha Site at Vietnam (by L2 Dragon and Duc Pho) (2004)
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Servicemen's Group Life insurance election form (June 19, 1968)
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Americal Division Crest Pamphlet (June 1968)
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Letter describing Val Longmore, the singer of Alpha-Gator Bunker Music (2010)
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Western Union Telegrams sent to the family of Louis Rios telling them about a serious injury he had and his recovery during the Vietnam War (1969)
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travel vouchers and pay statements after Rios's injury (1969)
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Department of the Army Military record request documents; VA benefits and healthcare information; request for military personal records information documents; Freedom of information legal info (December 11, 1969- September 30, 2008)
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Pamphlet of the GI Bill and Veteran Homeowners tips; Pamphlet of Benefits for veterans with service (1971)
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ADVA Membership Acceptance Letter mailed to Louis Rios- describes membership details and benefits (1993)
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ADVA membership card (Louis Rios); letters; certificate of appreciation from the wall society; accounts of Vietnam; military report; military award inquiry; historical document of Americal; poems (June 28, 1968- February 16, 2009)
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Letters to Louis Rios from ADVA Roland T. Castronova Medic 11Lib 66-68 (No Date)
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Letters to Louis Rios from Lew Turner After Rios joined the Far West Chapter in ADVA (September, 1993)
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ADVA National Reunion 1998 information; 2002 procedure; 2010 card; Life member card (June 25, 1998- 2010)
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Americal Division Veterans Association 1998 National Reunion letter- Delta Orlando Resort (1998)
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St. Louis 1999 reunion pamphlet and RSVP Roster (1999)
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Letter to all Company Alpha 1st of 20th Americal Division from Randy Cline (Blivit) and Tom Elmore (1999)
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Letter to Louis Rios from member of 1st Platoon 20th infantry (February 11, 1999)
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Americal Division Reunion in Cleveland, Ohio 2001 Pamphlet (June 21, 2001- June 24, 2001)
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Reunion Brochure; Certificate of Appreciation; clippings; promotion request documents; Vietnam Veteran magazine reprint; correspondence (October 5, 1969- March 26, 2007)
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Americal Division Veterans Association 2008 Reunion image and memory pamphlet; images of Louis Rios at 2008 reunion in Orlando (2008)
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Certificate of recommendation for national museum of U.S. Army; certificate of appreciation from Freedom Team Salute (August 12, 2008)
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Images, website printouts, etchings, rosters, personal narratives, correspondence (February 1968- August 25, 2008)
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Website printed paper on the History of the Americal Division; Images inside of Americal facilities (No Date)
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Printed website papers about the history of Americal Division troops from 1943 to 1969 (1995)
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Americal Binder: Americal certificate, Alpha company rosters 1968, military terms, casualty codes, after action reports (2008) (1 of 2)
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Americal Binder: ADVA History 1968-1969, Wall prayer page; Coat of Arms; August 1967 context; memos from Louis Rios; History on McGregor Range, Ft. Polk, Camp Zama in Japan, Claiborne, Kisatchie, Peason; Correspondence to Louis Rios from fellow platoon member (2008) (2 of 2)
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Correspondence of the Vietnam War images (January 22, 2000 - December 22, 2005)
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Alpha Company 1st of 20th Reunion Attendee list (January 22, 2000 - December 22, 2005)
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5th Battalion 20th infantry lineage ad honors document (January 22, 2000 - December 22, 2005)
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Images of soldiers in Vietnam (January 22, 2000 - December 22, 2005)
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Vietnam Terminology (from website) (June 7, 2004 - June 17, 2004)
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Image of Email Correspondence to Louis Rios with the subject "Duc Pho" and an image (August 21, 2004)
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1st Platoon 20th Infantry terms and slang printed pages (No Date)
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Alpha Company Rosters from 1968 and 1969 (printed from website) (No Date)
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Promotion Request (January 1969 - March 2009)
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Green Berets at war book clippings (January 1969 - March 2009)
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Letters and Accounts of Vietnam (January 1969 - March 2009)
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Certificate of Appreciation, Military Report, poem (January 1969 - March 2009)
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clippings, Americal history sheet, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication, John Leonard and John Royce Obituary with Agent Orange Thoughts (May 1968- March 2001)
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Email correspondence about Agent Orange and a rare cancer found among Vietnam Veterans (February 16, 2009)
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Image of Alpha 1st Platoon 20th Infantry leaders at 2005 reunion (June 28, 2005)
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Newspaper Clipping of Rejected Aid to South Vietnam (April 5, 1974)
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Clippings, 1988 Vietnam Veteran Memorial Brochure, letter, Statement of Acceptability (October 19, 1967- August 27, 1988)
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Letters, post cards, and newspaper clippings (November 11, 2009)
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Vietnam Cartoon Strips describing Vietnam as a vacation (1968)
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Newspaper Clipping (1968)
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Historical Documents and Correspondence of John W. Bennet and his injury from a lightning strike (1981-2008)
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Lacrosse Magazine of Lt. Enners Player printed from website, Lacrosse player played for army (August 2003)
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Independent voices Newspaper clipping: Article Name- "Reflection on Platoon" Author- Mike Murdy (1987)
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C-130 Gunship 1990 Version website printed pages of images and context (1990)
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RE: Correspondence to Louis Rios from platoon member from Alpha 1st Platoon 20th Infantry (Manuscript from 1:50,000 map of Mo Duc 6738-1)(February 25, 1999)
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Oversize
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Image of Alpha Company 11th 1st of 20th Americal Dvision 2nd Platoon in 1968 at L.Z Dottie in Vietnam
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21590000000
- Citation
- Louis Rios Collection (2159) Finding Aid, Louis Rios Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=21590000000, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 21590000000, Louis Rios Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 01 Dec 2009 [Updated: 18 Nov 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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