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Donald E. Willoughby Collection (3434) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 34340000000
Collection
Donald E. Willoughby Collection
Title
Donald E. Willoughby Collection (3434) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2023-10-24
Linear Feet
1
Language(s)
English Vietnamese Lao
Dates
Creation: 1965-1989, 2006
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately one linear foot of materials accumulated by Lieutenant Colonel Donald Willoughby consisting of research materials used for his academic thesis on the Chieu Hoi program (including a copy of the thesis) and materials documenting his U.S. Army service with the 74th Aviation Company, 210th Combat Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group. The materials include artifacts; pamphlets; periodicals; histories; reports; articles, clippings, and excerpts; directives; circulars; lectures; fact sheets; memos and correspondence; propaganda leaflets; training materials; organizational charts; academic papers; website printouts; and Christmas cards. The materials are dated 1965-1989 and 2006.
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Serials
Combat Illustrated Magazine: 1984: Summer, Fall

Vietnam Combat: 1985

SOF's Action Series: 1986: February

Battles: 1978: November

The Hurricane: 1971: April-June
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Museum Objects
3434museum7396 - 12th Aviation Group Combat patch

3434museum7397 - South East Asia War Games Participant patch

3434museum7398 - Viet Nam Cambodia War Games Participant patch

3434museum7399 - 74th Aviation Company patch

3434museum7400 - New Zealand 1st Lieutenant shoulder tabs (2)

3434museum7401 - 210th Combat Aviation Battalion badge

3434museum7402 - 210th Combat Aviation Battalion badge

3434museum7403 - 12th Combat Aviation Group badge

3434museum7404 - 12th Combat Aviation Group badge

3434museum7405 - 210th Combat Aviation Battalion pin

3434museum7406 - 210th Combat Aviation Battalion pin

3434museum7407 - Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm ribbon bar

3434museum7408 - Vietnam Civil Actions Medal Unit Citation First Class with Palm ribbon bar

3434museum7409 - Snoopy pin

3434museum7410 - Military Payment Certificate - 20 Dollars

3434museum7411 - Chieu Hoi ammunition pouch

3434museum7412 - Chieu Hoi ammunition pouch
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  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D007.5]]
  • Box 1000 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections - Oversize ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • The Effectiveness of Military Tactical Propaganda to Rally Enemy Soldiers - Vietnam Chieu Hoi Program by Donald E. Willoughby (Master's thesis) (2006)
  • Folder 2
  • Chieu Hoi leaflets (No Date)
  • Folder 3
  • Chieu Hoi and NVA propaganda leaflets (No Date)
  • Folder 4
  • Chieu Hoi ammunition pouch (No Date)
  • Folder 5
  • Ministry of Information & Open Arms organization chart (September 1965)
  • Folder 6
  • MACV Command Information Topic No. 6-65 - The Chieu Hoi Program During the Tet Psyops Campaign (December 1965)
  • Folder 7
  • The Viet Cong: Patterns of Communist Subversion (January 1966)
  • Folder 8
  • JUSPAO organizational chart (No Date)
  • Folder 9
  • DOD information pamphlet on Chieu Hoi (1967)
  • Folder 10
  • MACV war crimes policy (November 1967)
  • Folder 11
  • If Hanoi Wins - A Commonwealth of Red Dominoes? by Dennis Duncanson (1968)
  • Folder 12
  • MACV Directive No. 381-11 - Exploitation of Human Sources and Captured Documents (August 1968)
  • Folder 13
  • Military Review articles (1967-1968)
  • Folder 14
  • Ethnic Briefs - Peoples of Southeast Asia Part I (July 1969)
  • Folder 15
  • Memo to Arthur B. Hoffman from Lt. Col. Louie A. Babbitt re: surrender, rally, or desert (September 1969)
  • Folder 16
  • Some Salient Facts About the Chieu Hoi Program (No Date)
  • Folder 17
  • Lao rallier leaflet review - Lao leaflets - Lao psyops (1970, No Date)
  • Folder 18
  • Psyop - Unconventional Warfare Environment (June 1970)
  • Folder 19
  • North Vietnam radio broadcast to South Vietnam (October 1970)
  • Folder 20
  • JUSPAO Psyop Circular No. 36 - Current Listing of JUSPAO Psyop Policy Guidances and JUSPAO Psyop Circulars (January 1971)
  • Folder 21
  • JUSPAO Psyop Circular No. 37 - Country Data Sheet Sout Viet Nam (January 1971)
  • Folder 22
  • Lesson manuscript - Psyop Doctrine and Concepts (March 1971)
  • Folder 23
  • Christmas card (1971)
  • Folder 24
  • Vietnam Studies excerpts (1975-1995)
  • Folder 25
  • Letter to LTC Harold Isaacson from Bruce Palling (November 1981)
  • Folder 26
  • Vietnam: History of the Bulwark B2 Theater Volume 5: Concluding the 30 Years of War by Tran Van Tra (February 1983)
  • Folder 27
  • POW's and Psywar: Do We Really Want to Prohibit the Use of Prisoners of War for Psychological Warfare? by CPT Vance Tiede (October 1984)
  • Folder 28
  • Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register (January 1960 - February 1986) (October 1986)
  • Folder 29
  • Vietnam: Lessons Unlearned by Major Glenn Harned (December 1989)
  • Folder 30
  • The Long Small War: Indigenous Forces for Counterinsurgency by Robert Cassidy (2006)
  • Folder 31
  • Psychological Operations During the Vietnam War (2006)
  • Folder 32
  • The Chieu Hoi Program of Vietnam by SGM Herbert Friedman (No Date)
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Christmas card (1970)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34340000000
Citation
Donald E. Willoughby Collection (3434) Finding Aid, Donald E. Willoughby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34340000000, Accessed 12 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
34340000000, Donald E. Willoughby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 24 Oct 2023 [Updated: 30 Apr 2025]

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