John Proe Collection (986) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 9860000000
- Collection
- John Proe Collection
- Title
- John Proe Collection (986) Finding Aid
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003-01-06
- Linear Feet
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 1967 - 1968
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of letters, memos, administrative documents, reports, charts, printed material, handwritten notes, photographs, newspapers, ephemera, and a map of southern Vietnam that document John Proe's service as a U.S. Army Medical Advisor in Vietnam, US military medical support, Vietnamese public health and Vietnamese culture, circa 1967-1968. Of special interest are 1) a personal health care kit manufactured in China and carried by Viet Cong and North Vietnames, given to Dr. Proe after the Tet Offensive of 1968, and 2) a IV Corps (Mekong Delta region) map annotated with the locations of medical teams and headquarters for both Free World and U.S. Surgical and MILPHAP (Military Provincial Health Program) teams.Biographical / Historical
John Proe served as a U.S. Army Medical Advisor in IV Corps (Mekong Delta region) of South Vietnam.- 1
- Maps
986Map0264 - Taped together 1:500000 maps of IV Corps (Mekong Delta region) of RVN. Annotated with custom legend and markings for locations of four Free World Medical Teams (Australian, Iranian, Philippines, Spanish); U.S. MILPHAP and Surgical Teams; and Division and Section Headquarters.
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- Museum Objects
986museum0785 - A small white silk flag with a red cross
986museum5394 - VC/NVA personal health care kit
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- Photographs
VA029098-VA030127 and VA030128-VA030158
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, Stacks, M3.126.4 [M3.126.4]]
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Photocopies of The Albuquerque Tribune (Page 1) (newspaper), August 28, 1967
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The Observer (newspaper), December 27, 1967
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Pacific (Stars and Stripes Sunday magazine), December 31, 1967
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Chien-Si Mientay (The Western Soldier), newspaper printed by the IV CTZ during the Tet Campagin , 1968
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Photocopy of two newspaper articles, Hard Working Major Proe Rescues Victims, and Hurt Elections, undated
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Memos, April 16, 1967 to April 3, 1968 and undated
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Greeting Cards, March 1967 to February 1968 and undated
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Reports, Field Notes, & Directives, January 21, 1967 to February 1968 and undated
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Two copies of Fact Books on the Mekong Delta prepared by the IV Corps, USMACV Office of Information, Can Tho, undated
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One Fact Sheet on the U.S.S.R., October 1967
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Three copies of Fact Book of The Delta IV Corps, December 1967
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English-Vietnamese sickness booklet (USAID/PHD), 1966
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Fact Book on Vietnam, 1966
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Time book on Vietnam, 1966
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Vietnamese (English) tourism booklet, 1967
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USMACV Pamphlet, January 1968
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TOUR 365: USARV Returnee Magazine, Spring-Summer 1968
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Booklet on Vietnam, Yesterday & Today, undated
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Vietnamese ateliers art booklet, undated
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South Vietnam Government booklet on Viet Cong atrocities and sabotage, undated
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A Republic of Viet-Nam publication - Infiltration of communist armed elements and clandestine introduction of arms from North to South Vietnam, June 1967
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Greeting Card Envelopes
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=9860000000
- Citation
- John Proe Collection (986) Finding Aid, John Proe Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=9860000000, Accessed 11 May 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 9860000000, John Proe Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 05 Jan 2003 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]
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