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Joseph A. Graffagnino Collection (3075) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 30750000000
Title
Joseph A. Graffagnino Collection (3075) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2019-09-11
Linear Feet
0.1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1946, 1950-1951, 1963-1966, 1969, 1975
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of less than a quarter of a linear foot of photocopies or scans accumulated by Joseph A. Graffagnino. The materials include military payment certificates; Vietnamese currency (Dong); a diagram of a Viet Cong tunnel; Vietnamese documents; a Vietnamese phrasebook; the Congressional Joint Resolution declaring military action against the Communist regime of Vietnam (H. J. Res. 1145); telegrams; memos of conversation; a medical tag; drawings; propaganda; photographs; MACV military personnel rules of conduct; after action reports; a cookbook; an M16 rifle maintenance guide; and posters. The materials are dated 1946, 1950-1951, 1963-1966, 1969, 1975 or are otherwise undated.
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Posters
3075poster0042 - Bạn Còn Đợi Gì Mà Không Trở Về Với Gia-Đình?

3075poster0043 - The Common Struggle
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Photographs
A helicopter squadron in flight; color; 4 x 6 inches
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections - G ]]
  • Photocopies and scans
  • 5 Cent military payment certificate (No Date)
  • 20 Dong note (No Date)
  • 500 Dong note (No Date)
  • Diagram of Viet Cong tunnel (No Date)
  • Vietnamese phrasebook (No Date)
  • House Joint Resolution 1145 re: military action against the Communist regime of Vietnam (January 7, 1964)
  • Telegram re: continued operation of Tran Kim Tuyen's coup d'etat group (September 17, 1963)
  • Memo of conversation re: interview with General de Lattre de Tassigny regarding Indochina (September 14, 1951)
  • MACV military personnel rules of conduct
  • Memo of conversation with General Romulo (March 10, 1950)
  • Telegram from Ambassador Lodge to the President (January 5, 1966)
  • State Department telegram (September 20, 1963)
  • Telegram from Ho Chi Minh to the American President (February 28, 1946)
  • Memo of conversation between the President and Dean Acheson (February 2, 1950)
  • Transcript of unidentified after action report (No Date)
  • The Charlie Ration Cookbook or No Food is Too Good for the Man Up Front (No Date)
  • The M16A1 Rifle Operation and Preventive Maintenance - DA Pam 750-30 (July 1, 1969)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=30750000000

Citation
Joseph A. Graffagnino Collection (3075) Finding Aid, Joseph A. Graffagnino Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=30750000000, Accessed 06 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
30750000000, Joseph A. Graffagnino Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 11 Sep 2019 [Updated: 13 Sep 2019]