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E. Dow Suhre Collection (3260) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 32600000000
Title
E. Dow Suhre Collection (3260) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2021-11-11
Linear Feet
0.5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1969 - 1970
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photographs, films, and artifacts documenting Lieutenant Ernest Dow Suhre's service as a medical officer with 3rd Battalion 1st Marine Division at Hill 37 in Vietnam. The materials are dated 1969 to 1970.
2
Moving Images
3260VI4029 - Super 8mm - Viet Nam 1

3260VI4030 - Super 8mm - Viet Nam 2
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3
Museum Objects
3260museum5515 - Oak leaf epaulets (2)

3260museum5516 - Plaque
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Photographs
Dow Suhre and fellow soldiers (portraits, on patrol, cooking, filling sandbags, feeding/playing games with children, drinking); Vietnamese civilians (including children); Christmas; Santa Claus; base scenes; dinners; Hill 37; flares; MEDCAP; villages; tanks; rivers; landscapes; wildlife; aerial views; corpsmen; interpreters; dogs; farmers; rice paddies; temples; b&w, color; 3.5 x 5 inches
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Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=32600000000

Citation
E. Dow Suhre Collection (3260) Finding Aid, E. Dow Suhre Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=32600000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
32600000000, E. Dow Suhre Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 11 Nov 2021 [Updated: 04 Jan 2022]