Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately 4.25 linear feet of materials accumulated by Albert Nahas during his research on Vietnam War memorials for his book Warriors Remembered. The materials include photographs and images; flyers and pamphlets; memos and correspondence; research notes and data collection forms; website printouts; secondary source material excerpts; directories; book publication materials (including book proposal and contracts); book reviews and marketing materials; moving images; audio (including interviews with memorial committee members); biographical material; clippings; award citations; electronic media; teacher's guides and educational material; newsletters; newspapers; periodicals; records of various memorial committees (e.g. design competitions/applications, public awareness campaigns); reports; press releases; meeting agendas; rosters; artifacts; certificates; business cards; and books. The materials are dated predominately 1982-2019.

Biographical / Historical

Colonel Albert Nahas joined the U.S. Army in June 1967 as a young Lieutenant from West Point and found his way to Vietnam in July 1968. Wounded at the A Shau Valley's Hamburger Hill, he worked his way back from a hospital in Japan to his same platoon in C Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. He spent eighteen months with that battalion until February 1970 as a platoon leader, reconnaissance platoon leader, company executive officer, and company commander.

His twenty-six year military career alternated between infantry and engineer units, teaching at West Point, developing new weapons and equipment for the Infantry, and deploying for a brief time during Operation Desert Storm. After retiring as a Colonel, he had success in manufacturing, power plant construction, and operating a global broadband network. He also founded Focused Leadership, a very successful executive coaching company.

Colonel Nahas is the recipient of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star for Valor and first Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, and several other awards, but takes the greatest pride in his Combat Infantry Badge, Senior Parachutist Wings, Ranger Tab, and being a Screaming Eagle combat veteran.