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Martin D. Goslar Collection (1552) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 15520000000
Collection
Martin D. Goslar Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 19 April 2005
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; official orders; photographs; artifacts; periodicals; articles; newspaper clippings, books, videos, a rubbing from the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial for Joseph R. Ryan, Jr. and a brochure on the Memorial; and a certificate written in Vietnamese presented to Martin D. Goslar documenting Martin D. Goslar's tour of duty in Vietnam as an advisor to the ARVN, 1969-1970.
Biographical / Historical
Lt. Colonel Martin Goslar, U.S. Army (Retired) was born in New York City in 1947. In 1968, Goslar volunteered for the United States Army. From 1969 until 1970, Lt. Goslar served as a Mobile Advisory Team Leader and Assistant Team Leader in the Kontum Province. While in Vietnam Lt. Goslar received a Bronze Star with V device for valor, a Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster for meritorious service, combat infantry badge, and an ARVN certificate of Achievement. Lt. Colonel Goslar retired from active duty in 1993.
7
Books
Another Vietnam: Pictures From the Otherside by Tim Page
Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War By Thirty-Three American Soldiers Who Fought It by Al Santoli
Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
History of the Vietnam War by Douglas Walsh
Reaching the Other Side by Earl S. Martin
Vietnam Veterans Who Wouldn't Come Home by Jonathan Stevens
The Wall: Images and Offerings From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Sal Lopes and Michael Norman
3
Photographs
VA040078-VA040133: photographs taken by Martin Goslar, while in Vietnam from 1969-1970, most of the photographs are from the Kontum Province
VA010134-VA040223: Photographs removed from scrapbook, photographs are from the Kontum Province, 1969-1970
VA040224-VA040228: Photographs of Goslar receiving awards
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2
Maps
Map of East Asia (in Vietnamese)
Rand McNally Official Map of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
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10
Museum Objects
1552museum1580: Vietnam Veterans National Medal
1552museum1581:Two montagnard bracelets
1552museum1582:MACV patch
1552museum1583:Montgnard pipe
1552museum1584:Scrapbook: on the cover is MACV patch, Combat Infantry Badge, name tag and officer's infantry insignia
1552museum1585:baseball cap with Vietnam and the Combat Infantry Badge embroidered on front
1552museum1586:Plaque presented to Lt. Martin Goslar from Lt. Joseph Ryan, SFC Josiah Blue, Jr. and SFC James Long
1552museum1587:Plaque presented to LT Martin Goslar for his service in Kon Tum District from 30 November 1969 - 29 November 1970
1552museum1588:Ao Dai
1552museum1589:U.S. Army fatigue blouse
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2
Moving Images
1552VI2019: VHS: Hearts of Darkness
1552VI2020: VHS: Return With Honor
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1
Serials
Newsweek: 1981: December 14
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1
Oral History
OH0427 Interview with Martin Goslar
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D058.3 ]]
  • 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D054.1 ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Page from book Who was a RVN Mobile Advisory Team leader
  • Army of the Republic of Vietnam Certificate of Achievement presented to Lt. Martin Goslar
  • Mot Cu'u Can Binh Bac Viet Ket Hon Vois Mot Co Gai Mien Nam
  • Newspaper article, "Mobile Advisory Teams Molds RF/PFs"
  • Newspaper article, "Vietnam Coverage Assailed"
  • Newspaper article, "150,000 Turn Out to Welcome Vietnam Vets - 10 Years Late"
  • Newspaper article, "Festivities in Vietnam Mark 20th Year After War's End"
  • Magazine article, "Mobile Advisory Teams in II Corps are Accepting The Pacification Challenge"
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial park guide
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial location information for Lt Joseph Robert Ryan
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial rubbing of Lt Joseph Robert Ryan's inscription
  • Magazine article, The Unknown Vietnam Vet Manager
  • U.S. Army, MACV periodical Tour 365 (Summer 1970)
  • Doi (Vietnamese periodical)
  • Folder 2 (restricted access)
  • Orders and correspondence
  • Folder 3
  • Field Manual 21-76: Survival Evasion and Escape,
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Oversize material
  • Caricature of life of Mobile Advisory Teams in Vietnam
  • Chicago Tribune article, "Thieu in Deal with Reds: Surrender Viet Highlands"
  • Chicago Tribune article, "U.S. Leaving Saigon: Last Yanks Fly Out"
  • Chicago Tribune article, "Saigon Surrenders"
  • Wall Street Journal article, "Vietnam's Legacy: War was Expensive, But Postwar Inflation had other Causes, Too"
  • Wall Street Journal article, "Vietnam's Legacy: War and It's Aftermath Sharply Changed Lives of the Great and Small"
  • Wall Street Journal article, "Vietnam's Legacy: Hanoi's Veterans Hold High Place in Society, Receive Many Benefits"
  • Arizona Republic article," Book Opens Old Wounds for Vietnam Vets"
  • Page from The Arizona Republic newspaper, articles titled "Journalists Revisit Saigon, Find Private Ghosts" and "U.S. Lost War, But Vietnamese Lost Country"
  • Arizona Republic article, "A Decade After U.S. Widthdrawal, Hanoi Manages a Nation in Ruins"
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=15520000000
Citation
Martin D. Goslar Collection (1552) Finding Aid, Martin D. Goslar Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=15520000000, Accessed 07 May 2026.
Pub Credit Line
15520000000, Martin D. Goslar Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 18 Apr 2005 [Updated: 15 Oct 2025]

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