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James Wollner Collection (2351) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 23510000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 14 March 2012
Scope and Contents
Book titled The Bamboo Shoot: The Story of the 2nd Airboat Platoon by James Parker Wollner.
Biographical / Historical
James Parker Wollner was drafted into the United States Army at the age of 21 in 1967 and served in Vietnam with the newly created 2nd Airboat Platoon of the 9th Infantry Division. After his Army service, Wollner graduated from Bloomfield College in 1971 with degrees in History and Political Science. Wollner retired from his hospital position in New Jersey after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1986 and began writing his memoirs.
1
Books
The Bamboo Shoot: The Story of the 2nd Airboat Platoon by James Parker Wollner, 2007 (autographed by the author)
1
Oral History
OH0791 Interview with James Wollner
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Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23510000000

Citation
James Wollner Collection (2351) Finding Aid, James Wollner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=23510000000, Accessed 14 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
23510000000, James Wollner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 13 Mar 2012 [Updated: 02 Oct 2019]