Thomas E. Nelson Collection (2454) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 24540000000
- Collection
- Thomas E. Nelson Collection
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Pages
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 11 October 2012
Other: Majority of material found within 01 March 1969 - 17 March 1970
Scope and Contents
Less than half a linear foot of material including a daily journal kept by Thomas E. Nelson during his service in Vietnam as a medical technologist in charge of the blood bank with the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku, 1969-1970. Also included in the donation are letters, a Japanese phrase book, and a soldier's field manual.Biographical / Historical
Thomas E. Nelson was born on October 6, 1945 in Yorktown, Indiana. He was drafted into the Army in 1968 and was stationed at Fort Campbell from April 1968 to March 1969. Thomas served in Vietnam as a medical technologist in charge of the blood bank with the 71st Evacuation Hospital at Pleiku from April 1969 to March 1970. He was discharged in 1970, with a rank of Specialist 5, and afterward attended graduate school on the G.I. Bill.- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D064.2]]
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Personal diary, 19 March 1969 - 30 June 1969
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Personal diary, 1 July 1969 - 30 September 1969
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Personal diary, 1 October 1969 - 30 November 1969
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Personal diary, 1 December 1969 - 17 March 1970
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Personal letters sent home by Nelson, 27 March 1969 - 18 January 1970
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Personal letters Nelson received from home, 17 August 1969 - 16 November 1969
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Miscellaneous letters, 1969-1970
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War Department "Japanese Phrase Book", 1944
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Basic Field Manual "Soldier's Handbook", 1941
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Miscellaneous papers
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3rd Marine Division Christmas card from WWII
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Instructions for guard duty
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24540000000
- Citation
- Thomas E. Nelson Collection (2454) Finding Aid, Thomas E. Nelson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24540000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 24540000000, Thomas E. Nelson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 10 Oct 2012 [Updated: 04 Dec 2019]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu