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Donald Moon Collection (570) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 5700000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.1
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 28 March 2002
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographic images taken by Don Moon during his tour of Vietnam.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2]
  • Box 3: [Barcode: 3]
  • Box 4: [Barcode: 4]
  • Box 5: [Barcode: 5]
  • Box 6: [Barcode: 6]
  • Box 7: [Barcode: 7]
  • All slides are of some oriental USO group in Nha Trang during June 1967.
  • #3-#7: An Khe base camp July to August 1967. - #8-#14: An Khe pass going towards Quin Nhon. August 1967. - #16: Myself on left. Mark White in enigine. Broke down going down An Khe pass in August 1967. - #17: More of lower end of Pass (An Khe) August 1967. - #21-#22: A temple of some kind, taken on same trip after we hit flatter land going toward the coast south and west of An Khe- August 1967.
  • All of these slides were taken around Nha Trang in June of 1967.
  • #3: Airstrip in An Khe February 1968 - #4-#7: Members of 371st R.R.C. on strip in An Khe, February 1968 waiting for air transport to Camp Evans. - #8-#10: Airstrip in An Khe February 1968 - #11-#18: Site of a convoy ambush between An Khe and Quin Nhon in February 1968. - #19-#21: Destroyed old French Tank near Quin Nhon, February 1968. Vietnam - Slides: scenes around An Khe, base camp of 1st Air Cav. Div. In Feb. - 1968, including Monkey Mountain.
  • #2-#6: Around the St. George Hotel in Saigon-1st June 1968. - #7-#38: Mostly from Airplane (Freedom Bird) of Japan, Alaska, and Oakland during DEROS-1st June 1968.
  • #1-#14: Scenes from convoy route North Danang heading for Quang Tri. End of - February to 1 March 1968. - #15-#18: Waiting for convoy to go North, 1 March 1968. - #19-#25: Outskirts of Hue, 1 march 1968 - #26-#28: Between Hue and Quang Tri. Early March 1968 - #29: Spit Marvin Holsome from New Mexico, USA in the Nam outside Quang Tri-1 March 1968. - #30-#31: Somewhere in the area - #32: Sp4 Harvey T. Barrett RP12902070 from Paducah, Ky. USA at Camp Evans, RVN March 1968. - #33-#35: Camp Evans , RVN March 1968 - #36: Sp4 Harvey T. Barrett - #37: Camp Evans RVN March 1968 - #38: Sgt. Richard Bowles, Pasadena, Tx - #39: Camp Evans RVN March 1968. - #1: Sp4 Marvin Holsome Camp Evans RVN March 1968 - #2-#3: Pvt. Robert Morris Camp Evans RVN March 1968. - #4-#5: Camp Evans, RVN March 1968
  • Black #1-#38: Sydney, Australia-1st week of May 1968. - Red #1-#21: Sydney, Australia-1st week of May 1968. - Red #23-#25: Sp/4 David Manisto, Maine, USA working on underground - bunkers, Camp Evans, RVN-May 1968. - #26: Camp Evans RVN May 1968. - #27-#28: Pvt. R. Morris, Virginia USA taking a shower at Camp Evans May 1968. - #29-#35: Camp Evans RVN May 1968. I think 29 and 31 are pictures of the primary ammo dump in camp that was destroyed by enemy fire on 19 May 1968.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=5700000000

Citation
Donald Moon Collection (570) Finding Aid, Donald Moon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=5700000000, Accessed 08 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
5700000000, Donald Moon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 27 Mar 2002 [Updated: 18 Jul 2004]