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James R. Marsh Collection (2969) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 29690000000
Collection
James R. Marsh Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Finding Aid Author
Ashley Rivera
Finding Aid Date
2019-03-28
Linear Feet
1 Linear Foot
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1967 - 1970
Finding Aid Date: 28 March 2019
Scope and Contents
Contains 692 color slides and 5 DVDs containing digitized footage originally shot on Super 8 film. The materials document James Marsh's service with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam and are dated 1967-1970.
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Slides
Box 1 of 4 (219 slides)
1-5 – Sunrises in Vinh Long
6-16 – Sunsets in Vinh Long
17-19 – Nights on road in front of MACV house, Vinh Long
20-22 – Vinh Long aerial views
23 – Vinh Long cathedral aerial view
24-30 – Pagoda in Vinh Long
31-50 – Views of convent in Vinh Long, swimming pool, garden, and grounds
51-52 – Views of convent grounds, Vinh Long
53-55 – Views of area around MACV house from top of MACV house, Vinh Long
56 – View of canal next to MACV house, Vinh Long
57-58 – Canal near MACV house from bridge, Vinh Long
59-60 – Front and side views of MACV house, Vinh Long
61 – Guards at front gate of MACV house, Vinh Long
62-63 – Bar views top of MACV house, Vinh Long
64-66 – Views of room at MACV house, Vinh Long
67-69 – Views of room and roommates (Jeff Purtle, Tom Vallai) and James Marsh at MACV house, Vinh Long
70 – Members of 558 MSF (Milphap) ADU Team #52, Vinh Long in room in MACV house, Air Force medics
71-78 – Views of “wall coverings”, room in MACV house, Vinh Long
79-82 – Views of pets at MACV house, Vinh Long
83-95 – Views (night) downtown Vinh Long, Christmas 1967
96-97 – 558 MSF (Milphap) team members in bar on top of MACV house, Vinh Long
98-99 – Views of Milphap 558 MSF jeep at civilian hospital, Vinh Long
100 – V.C. Bunker near Tom Binh
101 – Above Tom Binh City
102-103 – Air View Tom Binh
104 – Dispensary at Tom Binh
105 – Canal in front of Dispensary
106 – Junk on Nicoli Canal
107 – Junk in front of Dispensary in Tom Binh
108 – 105 Houtger defense
109 – Tom Binh
110 – some Houtger
111-119– Tom Binh market
120-122 – On way to Cho Lok Road
123 – Ferry on Mekong R. to Cho Lok
124-125 – Rice paddies on Cho Lok Island
126 – Ouh post
127 – Straw stacks
128 – Harvested rice paddies
129 – Unharvested rice paddies
130 – Boy in rice paddy
131 – Woman in rice paddy
132 – Temporary harvest quarters
133 – Burial vault
134 – Ouh post
135 – Water buffalo by rice paddy
136 – Harvested rice baddy
137 – Barn for water buffalo
138 – Permanent living quarters
139 – Rice paddies and banana palm trees
140 – Newly planted rice paddies
141 – Rice paddies and jungle
142 – Temple in Cho Lok
143 – Houses in Cho Lok City
144-147 – Vietnamese Sanitation Department
148 – Papaya in Cho Lok
149 – Goats going to religious meeting
150 – Temple in Cho Lok
151 – Jail for Viet Cong prisoners in Cho Lok
152-153 – Junk in canal (returning D.V.R.)
154 – Country road back to Vinh Long
155 – Rice Paddy on the way back from Vinh Long
156-160 – Cho Lok to Vinh Long
161-162 – Harvesting rice
163– Unusual trees between Cho Lok and Vinh Long
164 – More rice paddies
165 – Temple near Vinh Long
166 – Pre-dawn in Vinh Long
167-177 – Sunrise in Vinh Long
178-192 – Sunset in Vinh Long
193 – Moon rise at Vinh Long
194-195 – Sunrise in Vinh Long
196-199 – Sunrise near Vinh Long
200-202 – Views of countryside round trip Vinh Long, Can Tho, Soc Trang, and return
203-208 – Views around and in Can Tho, Can Tho Airfield
209-219 – Views of countryside from Can Tho, Soc Trang

Box 2 of 4 (216 slides)
1-2 – Soc Trang from helicopter
3-7 – Views of road to Soc Trang from airfield, river
8-10 – Hospital grounds, Soc Trang
11 – Soc Trang orphanage
12-20 – Views of pagoda in Soc Trang
21 – Building construction, Soc Trang
22-30 – Views into and around Soc Trang marketplace
31-41 – Views in and around Soc Trang marketplace
42 – Omnipresent kids in market at Soc Trang
43 – Dr. Jensen, civilian M.D. working in Vinh Long on trip to Soc Trang
44-53 – Views from air (Vinh Long Hospital) returning from Soc Trang to Vinh Long
54 – Inside helicopter on return trip from Soc Trang to Vinh Long
55 – MACV house from air, Vinh Long
56-61 – Aerial views from around Vinh Long to Saigon
62 – Vietnamese army outpost outside Saigon
63-67 – Tan Son Nhut Airbase and helipads
68-71 – Aerial views from Saigon on return to Vinh Long
72-75 – Aerial views around Vinh Long
76-80 – Views near Vinh Long from jeep
81-85 – Inside views of helicopter, air views between Vinh Long and Saigon
87-130 – Views from ground and air in and around Saigon and Tan Son Nhut Airbase
131-136 – Aerial views in and around delta between Vinh Long and Saigon
137 – Saigon, My Tho Road
138– Bridge blown by VC
139 – My Tho, Vinh Long Road
140-142 – Mekong River
143-147 – Aerial views from Saigon, Vinh Long
148 – FAC plane from helicopter
149-151 – Rain squall clouds with helicopter emerging from cloud
152 – Bomb craters near Vinh Long
153-162 – Aerial views around Vinh Long
163 – Aerial view of Vinh Long City, airfield
164 – Vinh Long
165 – Catholic cathedral, Vinh Long
166-167 – Top of MACV house, Vinh Long
168-169 – Guard post outside Vinh Long Airfield
170-174 – Views of python in cage near MACV house
175-176 – MACV house honor guard
177 – Map of Vinh Long near Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
178-194 – Views in Vinh Long
195-196 – Branch of Mekong River from MACV house, canal by MACV
197-198 – VN Naval ship views Vinh Long
199-209 – Views of Mekong River from restaurant in Vinh Long
210 – Fishing in canal next to restaurant Vinh Long
211 – Part of restaurant overlooking canal Vinh Long
212-215 – Rats on beach below restaurant Vinh Long
216 – New theater in Vinh Long

Box 3 of 4 (220 slides)
1-10 – Views near Vinh Long
11-17 – Views near Vinh Long
18-22 – Views of planting rice, rice paddies near Vinh Long
23-25 – Views of other field work Vinh Long
26-46 – Views taken at Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
47-48 – Views inside helicopter
49 – Vinh Long Airfield with Catholic cathedral in background
50-52 – Mortar damage to helicopter “Maverick G”
53-54 – Other helicopter mortar damage (totally destroyed)
55-60 – Views from Vinh Long Airfield
Views inside Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
96-98 – USAF Capt. William Harris M.D. and Bui Hu Toy “Charlie Brown”, abdominal surgery
107-108 – VC terror victim
109-110 – VC who “attempted” suicide to leave VC
Taken in Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
125-127 – new surgery suite built by US Navy Seabees; Liz Cordello, civilian RN from USAID
128-129 – Bui Ho Toi “Charlie Brown”
130 – Pham Ba Van and Ba Ha Thi Ta
131 – “Charlie Brown” and “Rock” and Mr. Duong
154-155 – VN Army behind Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
161-163 – Gunship at night Oct 67
164-165 – Dead VC
166-172 – Gunships at night Tet Jan 1968, all views taken from MACV house
173-179 – Damage to MACV house from onset of Tet
180-188 – Damage around perimeter of MACV house
189-203 Vinh Long damage from Tet
204 – Cratered bridge by VC opening night of Tet
205-210 – VC caused damage, including Vinh Long Provincial Hospital
211-212 – Damage to Vinh Long Hospital from Tet
213-220 – Gunships at night taken from Vinh Long Air Field Dispensary after MACV house evacuated

Box 4 of 4 (37 slides)
1-16 – Gunships at night taken from Vinh Long Air Field Dispensary after MACV house evacuated
17-19 – Views at night at dispensary
20 – Guard tower, Vinh Long Airfield, Tet
21 – Catholic orphanage next to Vinh Long Airfield, Tet
22 – Mekong River from Airfield, Tet
23-24 – F4 Fighter bombing run behind orphanage next to Vinh Long Airfield, Tet
25-32 – Tet damage along road from MACV house to hospital, Tet
33 – Virtually undamaged house, Vinh Long, Tet
34 – USAF Sergeant James Marsh getting ready for R&R in Tokyo
35-36 – USAF Sergeant Jeff Purtle and Marsh pre-R&R
37 – Tan Son Nhut Airbase after Tet, Mar 1968

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Moving Images
2969VI3853 - DVD – Vinh Long Viet Nam 1967-68 Vol. 1
2969VI3854 - DVD – Vinh Long Viet Nam 1967-68 Vol. 2
2969VI3855 - DVD – Vinh Long 1967-1968
2969VI3856 - DVD – Vinh Long part 2
2969VI3857 - DVD – Air Evac VN/TET 1968/An Khe 1970
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Perma Link
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Citation
James R. Marsh Collection (2969) Finding Aid, James R. Marsh Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=29690000000, Accessed 06 May 2026.
Pub Credit Line
29690000000, James R. Marsh Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 28 Mar 2019 [Updated: 29 Nov 2021]

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