Charles Scarborough Collection (1556) Finding Aid
Item Number: 15560000000
Collection
- Collection:
- Charles Scarborough Collection
Scope and Contents
Pool cue and case purchased in Vietnam in 1969, two reel to reel tapes of a Sergeant in Chu Lai (circa 1968-1969), and a Vietnamese conical hat.
Dates
- 19 April 2005
Biographical / Historical
Charles Scarborough was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1944. In 1967, he was drafted into the United States Army, in which he served a total of nineteen months, fourteen of which were served in Southeast Asia. While in Vietnam, Scarborough served with Americal at Chu Lai from February 1968 thorough April 1969 ranked as a Specialist 4 and Specialist 5 as a Sergeant. In 1969, Scarborough was discharged as a Sergeant E-5. After his service, he worked for Texas Instruments for 18 years and sold Farm Bureau Insurance to farms and farm-related equipment. He is not involved in any Vietnam Veteran Associations or the Oral History program at the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University.
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Length (Linear Feet)
- 2.0
- Pages
- 1
- Location(s)
- Cold Storage Vault; Museum Objects
- 2
- Museum Objects
1556museum1578: Vietnamese conical hat
1556museum1579: Pool cue and case purchased in Vietnam in 1969- Click here to view all Museum Objects
- 1
- Audio
1556AU1611, 1556AU1612: two reel to reel audio tapes of a Sergeant singing in a hooch in Chu Lai (circa 1968-1969)
- Click here to view all Audio
- 2
- Museum Objects
1556museum1578: Vietnamese conical hat
1556museum1579: Pool cue and case purchased in Vietnam in 1969- Click here to view all Museum Objects
- 1
- Audio
1556AU1611, 1556AU1612: two reel to reel audio tapes of a Sergeant singing in a hooch in Chu Lai (circa 1968-1969)
- Click here to view all Audio
- Pub Credit Line
- 15560000000, Charles Scarborough Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 19 Apr 2005 [Updated: 28 Apr 2005]
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