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Robert C. Crisson Collection (3176) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 31760000000
Collection
Robert C. Crisson Collection
Title
Robert C. Crisson Collection (3176) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2021-05-24
Linear Feet
0.5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1969 - 1973
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of slides documenting Colonel Robert Carl Crisson's service as a Public Safety Advisor and Public Safety Operations Officer with USAID in Saigon and Dalat from 1969 to 1973. Also included is a personal qualifications statement detailing Colonel Crisson's previous military career.
504
Slides
Opium users; jungle training center in Malaya; TD-9 crew in Viet Cong territory; convoy of small craft on Saigon river; helicopter gunner on alert during operation; booby traps; bridges; Rach Dua; Vietnamese civilians, including children; police interceptor boats; aerial views; Danang; smuggled goods; captured Viet Cong equipment and weapons; police checkpoints and searches; helicopters and other aircraft; Binh Thoi shooting range; South Vietnamese military ceremonies; French rubber plantations; TD-9 deep sea vessel on Mekong River; family census in Phan Thiet (collecting suspects); Kuala Lumpur police academy; street scenes; searching boats; guard towers; Republic of Vietnam National Police Field Force; bombings; Dinh Tuong Province; Indonesia; Thailand; Go Cong Province; sampan being impounded; black market activities; Viet Cong controlled areas; Saigon city police communications center; beaches; propaganda; Vung Tau; ports; village chiefs; An Xuyen Province; rice paddies; customs patrol on the Mekong River; Saigon police activities; claymore mines; Phan Thiet harbor; Major Le Van Dua searching junk; police college Commandant J.J. Raj Jr.; fires; Can Tho; Khanh Hoa Province; religious services; Phu Xuan
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual - C ]]
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=31760000000
Citation
Robert C. Crisson Collection (3176) Finding Aid, Robert C. Crisson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=31760000000, Accessed 16 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
31760000000, Robert C. Crisson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 24 May 2021 [Updated: 24 May 2021]

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