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Dale W. Andrade Collection (2499) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 24990000000
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 04 April 2014
Scope and Contents
Approximately 21 linear feet of military documents, journal articles, news clippings, interview transcripts, correspondence, photographs, maps, and audio records compiled by Dale Andrade to research his books "America's Last Vietnam Battle: Halting Hanoi's 1972 Easter Offensive" (2001), "Spies and Commandos: How America Lost the Secret War in North Vietnam" (2000), "Trial By Fire: The 1972 Easter Offensive, America's Last Vietnam Battle" (1994), and "Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War" (1990).

These materials cover four main subjects: MACV-SOG operations, the 1972 Easter Offensive, the Phoenix program and NAVY special operations like the Seal Team, and Underwater Demolition Teams (UTDs) and frogmen. Materials of note are MACV-SOG command histories 1964 - 1970; end of tour and monthly reports for various advisory teams; transcripts of interviews with battle participants from the 1972 Easter Offensive; After Action Reports for numerous battles; history of the Navy SEALS dating back to World War II; and training materials, reports and analysis of the Phoenix Program.
Biographical / Historical
Dale Andrade is an historian and author of several books including "Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War" published in 1990. Frequent contributor to many publications, Andrade is a senior editor with Vietnam magazine. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
218 Photographs ; 24 Negatives
Photographs
VA069643-VA069860
66 photos of soldiers, landscapes of Vietnam, and destroyed cities
34 photos of Easter Offensive soldiers in combat
11 photos of civilians and soldiers crossing terrain of Vietnam
60 photos of II Corps soldiers and destruction of many cities
2 photos of Navy SEALs and aerial views of Vietnam
38 photos of I Corps soldiers ready for combat and military tanks
24 negatives of soldiers, tanks, and towers
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4
Slides
VAS080985-VAS080988 - Easter Offensive 1972
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12
Maps
Ba Chuc Sheet 5929 I 1:50,000
Xom Tri Ton Sheet 5929 II 1:50,000
Hon Chong Sheet 5929 III 1:50,000
Kien Luong Sheet 5929 IV 1:50,000
Long Xuyen Sheet 6029 I 1:50,000
Co Do Sheet 6029 II 1:50,000
Rach Gia Sheet 6029 III 1:50,000
Tri Ton Sheet 6029 IV 1:50,000
Dak To Sheet 6538 II 1:50,000
Tay Ninh Sheet 6231 IV 1:50,000
Joint Operations Graphic 1501 III I:250,000
Colored Map of Tinh An' Giang
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2
Electronic Media
2499EM0615 - Colonel Ed Benedict's An Loc May 1972
2499EM0616-Battle of An Loc 1972
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6
Audio
2499AU2612 - Battle of Loc Ninh April 1972 [CD-R]
2499AU2613 - Interview with Captain Stormy Payne Garr [cassette]
2499AU2614 - Interview with Robert Komer [cassette]
2499AU2615 - Interview with Robert S. Hallock [cassette]
2499AU2616 - Interview with Bill Askins [cassette]
2499AU2617 - Interview with Wayne L. Cooper and Captain Nicholas J. Landino [cassette]
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1
Newsletters
Fire in the Hole: March 1990, September 1990, December 1990
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2
Microforms
Microfiche - Operation Phoenix, section 1 1967 - 1985
Microfiche - Operation Phoenix, section 2 1967 - 1985
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Citation
Dale W. Andrade Collection (2499) Finding Aid, Dale W. Andrade Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24990000000, Accessed 21 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
24990000000, Dale W. Andrade Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Apr 2014 [Updated: 14 Jan 2021]