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Charles Bates Collection (018) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 0180000000
Collection
Charles Bates Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
6.0
Pages
5
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 November 2001
Scope and Contents
Approximately six linear feet of documents, books, photographs, maps, bumper stickers, audio tape, and periodicals document various aspects of the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) issue. Charles Bates collected all of the materials, dates of which range from 1970s - 1990s. Notable documents include materials on John Kerrey, a statistics list of POW/MIAs, materials from Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton, and portions of the Project CHECO Reports.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Bates was born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Southern California and Texas. Bates served in the United States Army as part of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Infantry from 1970 to 1974. During this time, he was stationed in Laos, Vietnam, South Korea, and Okinawa, Japan. Bates is a member of the American Legion and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV). Bates currently lives in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area, where he and his wife, Kathleen, are self-employed antique and collectibles sellers.
5
Books
At War With Asia: Escape on Indochina by Noam Chomsky
The Midnight War: The American Intervention in Russia, 1918 – 1920 by Richard Goldhurst
Defending the Vietnam Combat Veteran by Barry Levin and David Ferrier
Scars and Stripes: The True Story of One Man's Courage in Facing Death as a Vietnam POW by Eugene B. McDaniel
The Heroes Who Fell from Grace by Charles J. Patterson and G. Lee Tippin
14
Photographs
VA009215 - VA009227: 14 photographs
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5
Maps
Map of Southeast Asia by National Geographic Society, December 1968
Tourist map of Chiang Mai, Thailand Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Eastern Thailand by National Geographic, January 1965
Giant Colorprint Map of the World
Map of the world viewed from the Arctic Circle
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1
Posters
17 bumper sticker "Kiss the Boys Goodbye"
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1
Audio
1 titled "Michael Jackson" Sept. 23, 1987
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128
Serials
Air Force Magazine: 1995: August

The American Legion: 1990: October; 1993: March (2 copies), August; 1994: January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December; 1995: March, February, April, May

The Atlantic Monthly: 1988: December

Chronicles of War: 1989: Fall

Conservative Review: 1993: November/December

Criminal Politics: 1996: October 31; 1997: January 31, June 30

DAV Magazine: 1988: February; 1991: July (2 copies), September, October, November, December; 1992: January, February, March, April, May; 1993: February, June, August, September; 1994: March/April, May/June, November/December; 1995: January/February; 1996: July/August, November/December

Ex-POW Bulletin: 1988: June; 1989: July; 1994: March

Gung-Ho: 1983: July, December

The Insider: 1994: January, February, April, May, June, July, October, November, December; 1995: April

Life: 1972: September 29, November 10; 1987: November

Los Angeles Times: 1991: October 27

Military: 1992: May, July, August, September, October, November, December; 1993: January (2 copies), February, March, May, June, October

National Geographic: 1985: May

The New American: 1990: May 21; 1991: February 12, September 24; 1992: August 24;

Popular Mechanics: 1998: March

Purple Heart Magazine: 1988: May-June

The Quan: 1994: February, April

The Retired Officer Magazine: 1993: July

Soldier of Fortune: 1981: October; 1986: July; 1991: November;

U.S. News and World Report: 1994: January 17; 1995: February 20;

Veterans Outlook: 1989: September (3 copies), October, November; 1990: February, March, April, May, June, September, November; 1991: February, March, April, May, June-August, September, December/January; 1993: July

VFW: 1992: January; 1994: September

Vietnam: 1989: Summer

The VVA Veteran: 1993: June

The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: 1992: June
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100
Newspapers
Air Force Times: 1994: April 11
Albuquerque Journal: 1993: May 30
The American Legion Dispatch: 1992: December 18
Asian American News: 1994: February-March; 1997: February-March, July, October-November
Bravo Veteran’s Outlook: 1987: April, November
The Free American: 1995: July
The Legion Times: 1997: August
The New Mexico Legionnaire: 1994: March-April, May-June, November-December; 1995: Convention
New Mexico Veteran’s News: 1988: February; 1990: October/November
The Spotlight: 1992: Supplement; 1993: March 15, November 22 (2 copies), November 29, December 6, December 20, December 27; 1994: January 10, January 24, January 31, February 7, February 14, February 21, February 28, March 7, March 14, March 21, March 28, April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 16, June 6, June 13, June 20, June 27, August 1, August 8, August 15, August 29, October 10, October 17, November 7, November 28, December 26; 1995: January 16, January 23, February 6, February 13, July 24, July 31
The Street News: 1991: August
Texas VVA News: 1996: October-December; 1997: April-June
Tin Tu: 1997: March
The U. S. Veteran: 1992: April, May; 1993: October/November; 1994: April 29, July 14, November 25; 1995: July (3 copies), July/August (6 copies); 1996: October-December
The U. S. Veteran Dispatch: 1993: May/June, July, September, December; 1996: October/December (2 copies)
U.S Veteran News and Report: 1989: August 23; 1992: June
The Veteran Leader: 1993: Third Quarter; 1996: 2nd Quarter; 1997: First Quarter
The Veteran’s Observer: 1988: March
Veteran’s Outlook: 1987: March, May, October; 1988: February, March/April, June
The Vietnam Veteran: 1986: December
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Newsletters
Cadence: 1995: January
Defense Issues: Volume 2 Number 43
The Freedom Fighter: 1994: Fall
Friends of the Forgotten: 1997: Fall
Heart of Illinois POW/MIA Association: 1994: May-June; 1995: May; 1997: Summer
The Insider: 1988: July; 1994: March, August, September; 1995: January, February, May, June, September; 1997: February/March
Minnesota Won’t Forget: POW/MIA: 1992: April
Newsletter of the Zia Chapter LVI: 1994: June
Norman A. Doney Newsletter: 1996: June; 1997: April, May
Rolling Thunder: The Issue: 1997: April, May, June
S.E.A.R.C.H. Inc.: 1997: January
Sentinel of Freedom: Number 4 Volume 2
SFA Chapter LVI Newsletter: 1992: October 20, November 7; 1993: February, May, October, November; 1994: January, March, May, August, September, October
Still Missing: 1997: April, June
Viet-Nam Catalog: 1986: Fall
Vietnam Veterans of America: Beaucoup News: 1992: October; 1993: September, October, November, December; 1994: January, February
Vietnam Veterans of America News and Views: 1997: April, June
Vietnam War Newsletter: 1982: November
The Vet’s View: 1997: February/March, August/September
The Warrior: 1996: December; 1997: January, April, August
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D048.3]]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D048.3]]
  • Box 3: [Barcode: 3] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D048.3]]
  • Box 4: [Barcode: 4] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D048.4]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 2
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 3
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 4
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 5
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 6
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 7
  • Joe L. Jordan
  • Folder 8
  • No Dates
  • Folder 9
  • 1982-1986
  • Folder 10
  • 1987-1989
  • Folder 11
  • 1990
  • Folder 12
  • 1991
  • Folder 13
  • 1992-1993
  • Folder 14
  • 1994
  • Folder 15
  • 1995-1997
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Live POW lobby/ Insiders/ Van Atta
  • Folder 2
  • Live POW lobby/ Insiders/ Van Atta
  • Folder 3
  • Live POW lobby/ Insiders/ Van Atta
  • Folder 4
  • Live POW lobby/ Insiders/ Van Atta
  • Folder 5
  • New Mexico Live POW lobby
  • Folder 6
  • New Mexico Live POW lobby
  • Folder 7
  • New Mexico Live POW lobby photocopied newspaper articles
  • Folder 8
  • Informational Packet with photocopied information from several organizations
  • Folder 9
  • State and County POW/MIA organizations
  • Folder 10
  • Miscellaneous Hand-written
  • Folder 11
  • In-coming correspondence
  • Folder 12
  • In-coming correspondence
  • Folder 13
  • In-coming correspondence - Jeff Bingaman
  • Folder 14
  • In-coming correspondence - Pete V. Domenici
  • Folder 15
  • Out-going correspondence
  • Folder 16
  • Out-going correspondence
  • Folder 17
  • Northwest Indian Veterans Outreach
  • Folder 18
  • Returned IDs
  • Folder 19
  • Tatay Hoax
  • Folder 20
  • Russia - VN War
  • Folder 21
  • Interested Parties
  • Folder 22
  • Long Term File
  • Folder 23
  • Secret Program
  • Folder 24
  • LV/ Ken Braker
  • Folder 25
  • Fraud
  • Folder 26
  • POW/MIA Fact Books
  • Folder 27
  • Magazine Articles
  • Folder 28
  • Summary of POW/MIA Articles
  • Box 3
  • Folder 1
  • The Bamboo Cage and other book reviews
  • Folder 2
  • Tet '68 Richmond Remembered
  • Folder 3
  • Napa Sentinel articles by Harry V. Martin
  • Folder 4
  • Communist Treatment of Prisoners of War: A Historical Survey
  • Folder 5
  • Nebraska
  • Folder 6
  • Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.
  • Folder 7
  • Vigil Society
  • Folder 8
  • National Forget-Me-Not Association
  • Folder 9
  • Joint Personnel Recovery Center
  • Folder 10
  • Materials in the Russian Language
  • Folder 11
  • POWs: Turncoats, Collaborators, and Those Just Living There
  • Folder 12
  • Simon and Schuster interview with Col. David H. Hackworth
  • Folder 13
  • Bob Revello
  • Folder 14
  • Stickers/ Bumper Stickers
  • Folder 15
  • Morphological Approximation as a Reliable Working Tool - American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • Folder 16
  • Senator Smith's Amendment on POW/MIAs Passed by the Senate on June 23,1994
  • Folder 17
  • Report Concerning Misinformation on the Issue of American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia
  • Folder 18
  • CIA/ POW/ MIA
  • Folder 19
  • Photo Projects
  • Folder 20
  • MIA/POW Info Pack/ Background Material Congressional Research Service/ Library of Congress
  • Folder 21
  • Final Interagency Report of the Reagan Administration on the POW/MIA Issue in Southeast Asia - January 19,1989
  • Folder 22
  • Interim Report on the Southeast Asian POW/MIA Issue - October 29,1990
  • Folder 23
  • National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition
  • Folder 24
  • Vietnam Center - TTU
  • Folder 25
  • Statement before the House Affairs Committee and Committee for POW/MIA Affairs
  • Folder 26
  • American Defense Institute
  • Folder 27
  • Kerrey
  • Folder 28
  • MIA
  • Folder 29
  • Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs
  • Folder 30
  • SFA
  • Folder 31
  • National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen
  • Folder 32
  • Bob Cook
  • Folder 33
  • VVA
  • Folder 34
  • '81 Ransom
  • Folder 35
  • Changing Commands: The Betrayal of America's Military/ The John Birch Society
  • Folder 36
  • National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
  • Folder 37
  • Advocacy and Intelligence Index for Prisoners of War/ Missing in Action, Inc.
  • Folder 38
  • R. Barker/ Amerasian and Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Foundation
  • Folder 39
  • Lt. Col. James Gritz Notice of Senate Deposition and Prepared Statement on POW Rescue
  • Folder 40
  • Packet of Information/ Contacts by Edward A. Artis
  • Folder 41
  • Transcript from the Shirley Show on Canadian TV - September/ October 1991
  • Folder 42
  • Articles from SGM Norman A. Doney, USA (Ret.)
  • Folder 43
  • Film III/ CMST 164: The Rhetoric of Vietnam
  • Folder 44
  • Live Sightings
  • Folder 45
  • Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Folder 46
  • The American Legion Analysis of the Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs
  • Folder 47
  • Draft of Preliminary Inventory: Records of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs - load Congress (1991-92)
  • Folder 48
  • Miscellaneous Pamphlets/ Cards
  • Folder 49
  • Statistical Information/ Lists of MIA/POWs
  • Folder 50
  • List of 324 Still Unaccounted U.S. Personnel Prepared by the Office of Senator Bob Smith
  • Folder 51
  • The Center for Security Policy
  • Folder 52
  • POW Release? By Harry V. Martin - 1992
  • Folder 53
  • National Vietnam Veterans Coalition
  • Folder 54
  • Brotherhood Rally of All Veterans Organization (BRAVO)
  • Folder 55
  • Search Efforts and Recovery from Communist Hands (SEARCH)
  • Folder 56
  • Cartoon Drawings
  • Folder 57
  • Task Force Omega, Inc.
  • Box 4
  • Folder 1
  • Veterans for Government Accountability
  • Folder 2
  • Homecoming II
  • Folder 3
  • Defrauding America: A Pattern of Related Scandals by Rodney Stich
  • Folder 4
  • The American Legion
  • Folder 5
  • Tell It Like It Is Publishing November 1994; The Pipeline by Michael Maholy
  • Folder 6
  • Project Freedom Banner
  • Folder 7
  • DAV
  • Folder 8
  • Clinton/ Gore Material
  • Folder 9
  • Central Identification Laboratory
  • Folder 10
  • Chauvinist to the Bone
  • Folder 11
  • Viet Now
  • Folder 12
  • Senate Report reveals POWs from WWII still held
  • Folder 13
  • Americans for the Return of American Servicemen from Vietnam
  • Folder 14
  • Barb Sworski / Jakers Faxes
  • Folder 15
  • Photocopied Newspaper Articles
  • Folder 16
  • Photocopied Newspaper Articles
  • Folder 17
  • An Interview of Charles Trowbridge by Joyce Cook
  • Folder 18
  • Canadian Buddhist Association and John Lasard, Director of Catholic Relief Association in Bangkok
  • Folder 19
  • Endowment for Community Leadership / American Patriot Fund
  • Folder 20
  • The Enlistee Protection Project
  • Folder 21
  • Rolling Thunder Rally
  • Folder 22
  • Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • Folder 23
  • Insiders / Live POW Lobby
  • Folder 24
  • Select Committee on POW / MIA Affairs
  • Folder 25
  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Folder 26
  • National Security Agency / Central Security Service
  • Folder 27
  • Department of Defense POW / MIA Newsletter
  • Folder 28
  • National Trim Bulletin
  • Folder 29
  • Official
  • Folder 30
  • Local
  • Folder 31
  • Defense Prisoner of War / Missing in Action Office
  • Folder 32
  • United States Department of State
  • Folder 33
  • Address by Robert C. McFarlane to National League of Families
  • Folder 34
  • Address to Vietnam Veterans of America Annual Convention
  • Folder 35
  • 1st Annual Stand Down and Cow Plop Fundraiser
  • Folder 36
  • POW / MIA Grassroots Association
  • Folder 37
  • The Liaison Office of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the U.S.
  • Folder 38
  • House Task Force on American Prisoners and Missing in S.E. Asia
  • Folder 39
  • International Institute for Prisoners of War
  • Folder 40
  • Statement by Tracy E. Usry- Special Investigator, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
  • Folder 41
  • Department of the Army Staff Communications Division
  • Folder 42
  • Global Spectrum: Vietnam Travel Specialists
  • Folder 43
  • Millard Peck
  • Folder 44
  • John M.G. Brown
  • Folder 45
  • Mining Crash Sites
  • Folder 46
  • Transcript of Jane Fonda's Radio Message in Vietnam
  • Folder 47
  • The First National Veterans Unity Conference
  • Folder 48
  • Sworn Statement of John Thompson
  • Folder 49
  • 3rd Party Correspondence
  • Folder 50
  • Commentary: Humanitarian Attitude of Vietnam's Communists
  • Folder 51
  • Department of the Air Force List of POW/ MIA reproduced at the National Archives
  • Folder 52
  • POW Network
  • Folder 53
  • Dossier of Richard Lee Armitage and Liberty Oil
  • Folder 54
  • Translation of General Chan Van Kuang / Outline of operations carried out by the DRV- Sept. 15, 1992
  • Folder 55
  • Report to the U.S. / Russian Joint Commission on POW/MIAs-July 17, 1992
  • Folder 56
  • George Bush / Ronald Reagan
  • Folder 57
  • Articles downloaded from Nexus Lexus
  • Folder 58
  • Congressional phone and fax numbers
  • Folder 59
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Folder 60
  • The Last Battle by Robert C. McFarlane
  • Folder 61
  • Telephone Transcripts / Court Transcripts
  • Folder 62
  • An Examination of U.S. Policy Toward POW / MIAs
  • Folder 63
  • POW / MIA Stamp Issue
  • Folder 64
  • Chronology of POW / MIA Negotiation Actions
  • Folder 65
  • Copy of Logistics Support Activity provided by Joe Jordan
  • Folder 66
  • H.R. 2521 for the Enforcement of Sanctions Against Vietnam- June 24, 1993
  • Folder 67
  • Senate Select Committee on POW / MIA Affairs- Unclassified Depositions
  • Folder 68
  • Statement by Richard Christian / Press Conference on POW / MIAs- April 13, 1993
  • Folder 69
  • Request Pertaining to Military Records
  • Folder 70
  • Donahue Show Transcripts
  • Folder 71
  • Packet of photocopied information from various organizations
  • Folder 72
  • National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995- Conference Report
  • Folder 73
  • John Obassey / Ross Perot Film
  • Folder 74
  • Memorandums for Record
  • Folder 75
  • Hanoi Hilton / Hoa Lo Prison
  • Folder 76
  • Cross-Border Missions
  • Folder 77
  • Vietnamese Repatriation
  • Folder 78
  • Veterans Job Training Act
  • Folder 79
  • Vietnam Veterans of New Mexico
  • Folder 80
  • Operation Triumph, Inc.
  • Folder 81
  • U.S. Policy and the 1997 Easter Sunday Massacre in Cambodia
  • Folder 82
  • POW-MIA Advocacy, P.A.C., Inc.
  • Folder 83
  • Allied POW Lawsuit Against Japan News Article
  • Folder 84
  • Miscellaneous Printed Material
  • Folder 85
  • Ross Perot's Listening to America
  • Folder 86
  • Opening Statement: General Perrot's Press Conference
  • Folder 87
  • Project CHECO Reports
  • Folder 88
  • Film Guide to In Country
  • Folder 89
  • Imagery Exploitation Branch
  • Folder 90
  • Lawsuit- Stephen S. Marozsan v. The Dept. of Veterans Affairs
  • Folder 91
  • Business Cards
  • Folder 92
  • National Security Committee Military Personnel Subcommittee: Testimony of Garnett E. Bell- June 19, 1956
  • Folder 93
  • Stephen Dall Correspondence Concerning California Legislation
  • Folder 94
  • Vietnam Veterans Institute
  • Folder 95
  • Congressional Record - Senate - October 1990
  • Folder 96
  • House of Representatives Resolution of Inquiry Concerning American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia
  • Folder 97
  • Newspaper articles downloaded from the world wide web or faxed
  • Folder 98
  • POW Bibliography: Korean War (1950-1953) Compiled By Dr. Robert C. Doyle
  • Folder 99
  • Vet-Net, Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd.
  • Folder 100
  • Memorandum for Correspondents Concerning a Document From Russian Intelligence Concerning POW/MIAs
  • Folder 101
  • An Open Letter, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing From Jon R. Sorensen
  • Folder 102
  • Memo Concerning the Vietnam Embargo From the Office of Senator Hank Brown 10-16-91
  • Folder 103
  • Cancelled Checks
  • Folder 104
  • Lima Site - 85 (Phou Pha Thi, Laos)
  • Folder 105
  • Miscellaneous Printed Material
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0180000000
Citation
Charles Bates Collection (018) Finding Aid, Charles Bates Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0180000000, Accessed 07 Feb 2026.
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