John B. Stockton Collection (3491) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 34910000000
- Collection
- John B. Stockton Collection
- Title
- John B. Stockton Collection (3491) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2024-05-30
- Linear Feet
- 0.75
- Language(s)
- English Vietnamese
- Dates
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Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1975 and 1996-2009
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 0.75 linear feet of materials documenting Colonel John Stockton's U.S. Army service as Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment (Bullwhip Squadron) in Vietnam. The materials include books; handbooks; SOPs; studies; artifacts; photographs; clippings; memos and correspondence; Vietnamese documents; certificates; service records; periodicals; newsletters; writings; personal narratives; after action reports; lessons learned; unit histories (1/9 Cavalry); and ephemera. The materials are dated predominately 1960-1975 and 1996-2009.- 1
- Serials
Assembly: 1998: November/December
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- Books
Calvary Tactics Volume 3: Evolutions of a Regiment, 1841
Advanced-Guard, Out-Post, and Detachment Service of Troops with the Essential Principles of Strategy and Grand Tactics for the Use of Officers of the Militia and Volunteers by D.H. Mahan, 1864
Cavalry Tactics or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States by Philip St. George Cooke, 1872
General Orders War Department, 1861
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- Museum Objects
3491museum6988 - Vietnam Service Medal
3491museum6989 - 1st Cavalry Division Insignia badge
3491museum6990 - 9th Cavalry Regiment Insignia badge
3491museum6991 - 17th Cavalry Regiment Insignia badge
3491museum6992 - 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion Insignia badge
3491museum6993 - Silver Eagle Insignia badge
3491museum6994 - U.S. Army Insignia badge
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- Newsletters
Saber: 1993: March/April; 1997: September/October; 1999: September/October, November/December
The Bullwhip Squadron News: 1997: July (2 copies), December; 2000: March; 2002: March; 2004: September; 2006: June, December
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- Photographs
26 photographs - airfield; Colonel John Stockton and fellow soldiers (portraits, in formation, receiving Purple Heart); unit photos; Camp Redclife; 1/9 Cavalry; An Khe; Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes; Fort Stewart, GA; helicopters; Qui Nhon; b&w, color; various sizes
1 photograph - Colonel John Stockton presiding over military ceremony; b&w; 11 x 14 inches
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- Box 1 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D120.2]]
- Box 1000 [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, [Individual Collections - Oversize ]]
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Tactical SOP for 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion (1963)
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Commander's Handbook (2nd Battalion, 11th Cavalry) (No Date)
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Writings, personal narratives, correspondence, after action reports, lessons learned, service records (1961-1967, 2000-2002)
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Clippings, correspondence, service records, Vietnamese documents, certificates (1963-1975, 1996-2004)
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Airmobility 1961-1971 by Lieutenant General John J. Tolson (1973)
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Clippings, certificates, correspondence, writings and drafts (including The Cavalry Trade) (1960, 1993-1998)
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1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry unit histories (1965-1971) (No Date)
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John B. Stockton obituaries (1997, 2009, No Date)
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Clippings (1966, 1993-1999)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34910000000
- Citation
- John B. Stockton Collection (3491) Finding Aid, John B. Stockton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=34910000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 34910000000, John B. Stockton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 30 May 2024 [Updated: 30 May 2024]
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