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Richard J. Walker Collection (3316) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 33160000000
Title
Richard J. Walker Collection (3316) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2022-06-29
Linear Feet
3
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1966 - 1967
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 3 linear feet of materials documenting 1st Lt. Richard Walker's U.S. Army service as Reproduction Section Chief for B Detachment, 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Air Reconnaissance Support) (1stMIBARS) in Danang from 1966-1967. The materials include website printouts (including all materials from 1stmibarsinvietnam.org); electronic media; periodicals; pamphlets and brochures; photographs; slides; booklets; artifacts; moving images; correspondence; articles and clippings; books; and manuals.
1
Books
Somebody's Catching Hell by Peter Smith, 2018
3
Moving Images
3316VI4122 - DVD - Vietnam 1 (1stMIBARS)

3316VI4123 - DVD - Vietnam 2 (1stMIBARS)

3316VI4124 - DVD - 84 Charlie MoPic
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4
Serials
Air & Space: 2013: March; 2014: January, July

Strategy & Tactics Quarterly: 2019: Winter
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9
Museum Objects
3316museum5852 - HHC MIBARS patch

3316museum5853 - Telescopic pen

3316museum5854 - Urinary device (Piddle-Pak)

3316museum5855 - Grenade safety pins (3)

3316museum5856 - Copulating Elephants statuette

3316museum5857 - Palace Lion statuette

3316museum5858 - Surgeon's gloves

3316museum5859 - Surgeon's gloves

3316museum5860 - Boots
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10
Electronic Media
3316EM1297 - USB - 1stMibarsinVietnam.org

3316EM1298 - Zip disc - MIBARS in Vietnam

3316EM1299 - CD - Vietnam Photo Scans (1stMIBARS)

3316EM1300 - CD - MIBARS New Scans

3316EM1301 - DVD - 1stMIBARS Photos and Narrative

3316EM1302 - CD - Vietnam Photos (Sp4 Daryl Tucker, B Detachment, Reproduction Section)

3316EM1303 - CD - Tet Photos (Sp4 Daryl Tucker, B Detachment, Reproduction Section)

3316EM1304 - CD - Smoke and Bones

3316EM1305 - DVD - Optimized Website

3316EM1306 - DVD - 1stMIBARS Material
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172
Slides
Danang (1st MIBARS operational area, R&R center, Danang Air Base, Special Services marina); Detachment B mascot; dark room; raising flag; elements of RVN Army, Navy, and Air Force during military ceremony; street scenes; museums; markets and vendors; renovation and construction of Detachment B area buildings; fishing boats; Saigon (Gia Dinh); aerial views; beaches; mountains; Ashau Valley (Camp Ashau); Hong Kong; residences; bombings; water buffalo; rivers; bridges; Marble Mountain; airfields; Ho Chi Minh Trail; aircraft (O-1, U-6A Beaver, F-4); local civilians (including children); Tan Son Nhut; Chieu Hoi village for former Viet Cong; German hospital ship Helgoland; ships (U.S. Navy, merchant); III Marine Amphibious Force headquarters; POW complex; I Corps advisory officers mess; soldiers (American and ARVN); cemeteries; ARVN compounds; Special Forces camp
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327
Photographs
23 photographs - aerial views of rocket launch sites used for Combined Intelligence Center Vietnam pamphlet; b&w; 8 x 10 inches

1 proof sheet and 166 b&w negative strips - B Detachment, 1st MIBARS's operating area in Danang; 1st MIBARS headquarters in Saigon; officer service club shows; award ceremonies (departing 1st MIBARS commander LTC Eugene Kelley passes guidon to newly promoted LTC Anthony F. Matta, ARVN participation)

3 proof sheets and 24 b&w negative strips - Detachment B, 1st MIBARS operating area; war damage; repairing ES-38A photo van; scenes from enlisted men's billets in downtown Danang

34 photographs - aerial views of launch site used by Viet Cong to bombard Danang Air Base with 122mm and 140mm Soviet spin-stabilized rockets; b&w; 8 x 10 inches

7 b&w negative strips - Viet Cong indoctrination center photographed during B Detachment's first hand-held camera mission in December 1966 on flight with USAF FAC; unit picnic party held at China Beach R&R Center

13 photographs and 8 b&w negative strips - musical performance; b&w; 3.5 x 5 inches

7 photographs - Lt. Richard Walker (next to aircraft, at his desk, examining film, enjoying downtime); b&w; 4.5 x 6.5 inches, 5 x 8 inches

41 photographs - Lt. Walker (at his desk, conducting briefing, examining film, in his aircraft); 1stMIBARS operations area in Danang; photographic dark room; aerial views (I Corps Compound, headquarters location of the Commanding General, I Corps Tactical Zone of the ARVN); soldiers resting; unit photos; b&w; 8 x 10 inches
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  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D039.5]]
  • 1stMIBARSinVietnam.org Volume 1 (2011)
  • 1stMIBARSinVietnam.org Volume 2 (2011)
  • Detachment B, 1st MIBARS unit rosters (1966-1968, 2005)
  • Aerial Reconnaissance Information Booklet (1967)
  • Website printouts (2002-2004)
  • Articles and clippings, correspondence, website printouts, roster (1998-2001, 2007-2016, No Date)
  • U.S. Army field manuals and training circulars (1959-1964)
  • Brochure, correspondence, booklets (1967, 2008, No Date)
  • Correspondence and memorial etching (1966, 2012, No Date)
  • Correspondence (2003-2004, 2018)
  • Correspondence, articles, website printouts (2006-2007, No Date)
  • Personal recollections, website printouts, aerial reconnaissance information booklet (1967, 2003, No Date)
  • Leadership guide, correspondence, website printouts, personal recollections (1998-2006, 2012-2015, 2021)
  • Correspondence and website printouts (1995, 2002, 2005, No Date)
  • Website printout and details re: 1st MIBARS tribute plaque at Ft. Belvoir, VA (No Date)
  • Pictorial Study ST 67-082 VC/NVA Rocket Artillery (Combined Intelligence Center Vietnam) (1967)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33160000000

Citation
Richard J. Walker Collection (3316) Finding Aid, Richard J. Walker Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33160000000, Accessed 12 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
33160000000, Richard J. Walker Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 29 Jun 2022 [Updated: 11 Jul 2022]