Robert Branson Collection (3338) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 33380000000
- Collection
- Robert Branson Collection
- Title
- Robert Branson Collection (3338) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2022-09-13
- Linear Feet
- 1.5
- Language(s)
- English Vietnamese
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1968 - 1973
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 1.5 linear feet of materials documenting Major Robert Branson's U.S Army service with MACV as an advisor to the ARVN 21st Combat Assistance Team at Bac Lieu (November 1968 to October 1969), as District Senior Advisor at Ke Sach (July 1971 to January 1973), and as a member of the Four Power Joint Military Commission at Ke Sach (January to April 1973). The materials include a map; secondary source material excerpts; Vietnamese language training notes and course materials; district briefing reports; correspondence; research studies and reports; photo albums; books; journals and incident/activity logs; artifacts; and slides.- 1
- Oral History
OH1218 - Interview with Robert Branson
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- Maps
3338map0309 - ARVN 41st and 42nd Area of Operations (annotated)
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- Scrapbooks
3338scrapbook1680 - Photo album
3338scrapbook1681 - Photo album
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- Books
Season of Need by Michael Barry Keck, 2011 (signed by author)
The Lost Peace: America's Search for a Negotiated Settlement of the Vietnam War by Allan E. Goodman, 1978 (signed by author)
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- Museum Objects
3338museum6061 - 3rd Cavalry Regiment patch
3338museum6062 - Vietnam Gallantry Cross ribbon bar
3338museum6063 - Vietnam Gallantry Cross
3338museum6064 - Bronze Star ribbon bar
3338museum6065 - Bronze Star lapel
3338museum6066 - Bronze Star lapel
3338museum6067 - Bronze Star
3338museum6068 - Legion of Merit ribbon bar
3338museum6069 - Legion of Merit
3338museum6070 - Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal ribbon bar
3338museum6071 - Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal ribbon bar
3338museum6072 - Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal
3338museum6073 - Air Medal ribbon bar
3338museum6074 - Air Medal ribbon bar
3338museum6075 - Air Medal with V device
3338museum6076 - Captain insignia
3338museum6077 - ARVN Captain insignia
3338museum6078 - ARVN Captain insignia
3338museum6079 - Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6080 - Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6081 - 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6082 - 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6083 - 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6084 - 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6085 - U.S. Army Drill Sergeant badge
3338museum6086 - U.S. Army Forces Command badge
3338museum6087 - 5th Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6088 - 5th Cavalry Regiment badge
3338museum6089 - U.S. Army Infantry School badge
3338museum6090 - Defense Meritorious Service Medal
3338museum6091 - Fort Leonard Wood Small Bore Winning Team medal
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- Slides
Kinh Tay; sampans; Duy Tam; Ke An; Operation Overflight; Ke Sach District Compound; artillery; Ba Trinh; Long Phu District Compound; Thoi An Hoi; Phung Thuan; district advisors; National Island; operation map; Viet Cong bases; Giam Cat; Tet; briefing room; Soc Trang; Christmas; CORDS team; Buddhist festival; awards ceremonies; Vung Tau; Major Branson and fellow soldiers; dinners; interpreters; Ba Xuyen; Four Power Joint Military Commission Team 7; inspections; ships; soldiers' quarters; Can Tho; Hoa Tu; Highway 4; My Phuoc Island; Cu Lau Quoc Gia; Long Phu; local elders and village/province chiefs; grave site; river patrol boats; laborers; local schools; MEDCAP; Ba Trinh; voting; churches; bridges; canals; rallies; aerial views; captured Viet Cong; Saigon; Route 4; street scenes; bomb damage; local civilians (including children); helicopters and other aircraft (C-119, Cobra); parties; Phung Tuan District; ARVN soldiers and advisors (9th Cavalry); U.S. Navy Support Base Dai Ngai; Vung Tau Grand Hotel; mess hall; An Lac Tay Islands; change of command ceremony; team dog Snipper; MAT Team loading up; III Corps; markets; Buddhist shrines; water buffalo; helipads; boat repair facility; artillery strikes; Viet Cong housing; tracers; hand grenade attack; Viet Cong fields; Cambodia; Soc Trang Airfield; ambush sites; captured weapons; U Minh Forest; Ca Mau; statues; rice harvesting; barbed wire; Tan Son Nhut; clearing operations; construction; rainy season; artwork; National Assembly representatives; secretaries
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, D190.3 [D190.3]]
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Vietnamese language training notes and course material (1967, No Date)
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The Communist Insurgent Infrastructure in South Vietnam: A Study of Organization and Strategy by Michael Charles Conley (DA Pamphlet 550-106) (March 1967)
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Mechanized and Armor Combat Operations in Vietnam (28 March 1967)
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The North Vietnamese Regime: Institutions and Problems by Charles N. Spinks, John C. Durr, and Stephen Peters (April 1969)
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Ke Sach District report (No Date)
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Correspondence (Counterparts) (1970-1972)
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Journal (1970)
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Journal (1970)
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Journal (1971)
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Journal (1971-1973)
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Journal and incident/activity logs (1971-1973)
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Various secondary source material excerpts (No Date)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33380000000
- Citation
- Robert Branson Collection (3338) Finding Aid, Robert Branson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33380000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 33380000000, Robert Branson Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 13 Sep 2022 [Updated: 15 Sep 2022]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
(806)742-9010 -
Email
vnca@ttu.edu