Scope and Contents

Approximately one linear foot of microfilm/microfiche and paper copies on the Battle of Khe Sanh, January-March 1968, collected by Ray Stubbe as he prepared a manuscript on the battle. Included in these reels are transcriptions of Marine Corps Oral History interviews; only reels 2-5 and 7-26 are included in the collection. A guide for reel 6 is included, although the reel itself is not included. Reel 1 and its guide were not included, though Stubbe's notes indicated that it is a copy of the final manuscript he wrote with various indexes to the microfilm collection. Reel 7 does not have a guide.

Books include an English translation by Sedgwick Tourison of a Vietnamese book "B5-T8 in 48 QXD: The Secret Official History of the North Vietnamese Army at the Siege at Khe Sanh, Vietnam, Spring 1968" and several books collected from the personal combat experiences of the Marines who served at the Battle of Khe Sanh, written and published by Stubbe: Battalion of Kings (2nd Revised Edition, 2008) and Pebbles in My Boots, volumes 1-5 (2011-2018).

Biographical / Historical

Ray Stubbe was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1938. In 1967, he volunteered with the U.S. Navy, serving for a total of 21 years, with 18 months in Vietnam. While in country, Lieutenant Stubbe served as Chaplain with the 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment at Khe Sanh Combat Base from July 1967-March 1968 (including the Tet Offensive siege of Khe Sanh); with 3rd Shore Party, March-June 1968; and then with the U.S. Naval Support Activity Da Nang, July 1968-January 1969.