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Joe Harris Collection (3438) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 34380000000
Title
Joe Harris Collection (3438) Finding Aid
Finding Aid Date
2023-11-14
Linear Feet
0.1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 1981, 2022, No Date
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one book and two documents pertaining to 2nd Lieutenant Joe Harris' Vietnam service and Operation New Life. Also included is an oral history conducted with 2nd Lieutenant Harris.
Biographical / Historical
2nd Lieutenant Joe Harris served with the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry stationed in Guam in 1975 as part of Operation New Life, helping refugees from South Vietnam after the fall of Saigon.
1
Oral History
OH1327 - Interview with Joe Harris
Click to view all Oral History
1
Books
No Two Days the Same: Bringing Back a Division, My Time with the 29th ID(L) 1985-1990 by Joe E. Harris, Jr., 2022
  • Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual - H ]]
  • Operation New Life - Task Force Bobcat - 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry (No Date)
  • The Role of the U.S. Army Forces Command in Project New Arrivals: Reception and Care of Refugees from Vietnam by Frank W. Pew (1981)

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34380000000

Citation
Joe Harris Collection (3438) Finding Aid, Joe Harris Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34380000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
34380000000, Joe Harris Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 14 Nov 2023 [Updated: 14 Nov 2023]