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Nathan A. Lanford Collection (3367) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 33670000000
Collection
Nathan A. Lanford Collection
Title
Nathan A. Lanford Collection (3367) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2023-01-19
Linear Feet
4
Language(s)
English Vietnamese
Dates
Creation: Majority of material found within 1967 - 1968
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 4 linear feet of materials documenting Captain Nathan Lanford's U.S. Army service with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in the Central Highlands around Kontum and Dak To from 1967-1968. The materials include artifacts; artwork; Christmas cards; a safe conduct pass; maps; war trophy authorization paperwork; a C-ration cookbook; service records; personal narratives; clippings; a list of 4th Infantry POW/MIA; daily staff journals; after action reports; Department of the Army pamphlets; morning reports; correspondence; photographs; slides; and moving images.
1
Moving Images
3367VI4334 - DVD - Battle of Dak To and Firebase 14
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5
Maps
3367map0312 - Dak To (annotated)

3367map0313 - Po Lei Jar Sieng (annotated)

3367map0314 - Po Lei Breng (annotated)

3367map0315 - Dak Sut (annotated)

3367map0316 - Dak Mot Lop (annotated)
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Museum Objects
3367museum6214 - MAS-36 rifle

3367museum6215 - NVA helmet with covering

3367museum6216 - Bayonet for Chinese AK-47 rifle

3367museum6217 - NVA hand grenade

3367museum6218 - NVA belt

3367museum6219 - Viet Cong flag

3367museum6220 - Montagnard loincloth

3367museum6221 - Montagnard pipe

3367museum6222 - Montagnard pipe

3367museum6223 - Montagnard pipe

3367museum6224 - Montagnard bracelet

3367museum6225 - Montagnard bracelet

3367museum6226 - P-38 can opener

3367museum6227 - Sketch of NVA medic

3367museum6228 - Necklace

3367museum6229 - 4th Infantry Division Vietnam veteran patch
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79
Photographs
Hill 1338; Captain Nathan Lanford and fellow soldiers (in the field, drinking, cutting through brush); Hill 867; LZ Razorback; bunkers; Civil Affairs; Montagnards (including children); villages; military vehicles; base scenes; clinic; aircraft; landscapes; markets; Vung Tau (Beachcomber Club, beach); A Company, 3/8 Infantry near Dak To; Hill 724; corpses; wounded; artillery; Battle of Hill 724; Battle of Dak To; Operation MacArthur; medics; Lt. General Rosson with Maj. General W. Peers; b&w, color; various sizes
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259
Slides
Hill 1001; Dak To; Hill 724; captured NVA equipment and weapons; wildlife; jungle; radiotelephone operators; Captain Nathan Lanford and fellow soldiers (in the field, on patrol); Thanksgiving; hootches; Christmas; supplies; Camp Enari; Cam Ranh Bay; Tet Offensive; bunkers; landscapes; explosions; smoke; helicopters and other aircraft; pilots; artillery; soldiers' quarters; Montagnards (including children); MEDCAP; villages; offices; shooting range; convoys; Hill 1338; aerial views; airstrikes; 3/12 FSB near Pleiku; Oasis; Jackson Hole; briefings; base scenes; Dragon Mountain; churches; Long Binh; Okinawa; markets; street scenes; village chiefs
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  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, 2nd Floor, Stacks, Individual Collections L [Individual Collections L]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Packet from Kontum Province Chief LTC Nguyen Hop Doan: Christmas cards, safe conduct pass (1967)
  • Folder 2
  • Dak To - war trophy authorization, C-ration cookbook, service records, personal narratives, POW/MIA list (1967-1968, No Date)
  • Folder 3
  • Daily staff journals and After Action Report (3/8 Infantry), DA Pamphlet 350-15-12 (1968-1969)
  • Folder 4
  • Articles/clippings re: NVA soldier-artist Le Duc Tuan (1968, 2010-2013)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33670000000
Citation
Nathan A. Lanford Collection (3367) Finding Aid, Nathan A. Lanford Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=33670000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.
Pub Credit Line
33670000000, Nathan A. Lanford Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 19 Jan 2023 [Updated: 27 Jan 2023]

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