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Van Quang Truong Collection (1280) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 12800000000
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 16 February 2004
Scope and Contents
Five undated photographs document life in the South Vietnamese Navy. The photographs were taken from the book, Vietnam In Flames, published the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Included in the collection are 12 additional undated original and photocopied photographs of the South Vietnamese Navy; A document listing the types of ship in the South Vietnamese Navy from 1975-1976. Photocopies of South Vietnamese Navy emblems. Three examples of South Vietnamese emblems printed on Kodak photo paper; Photocopied article- 'South's Navy Rags,' Vietnam Magazine, February 1994. Other photographs depicting life in the South Vietnamese Navy; photocopied articles, mission orders, and other photographs. A photocopied article from Vietnam Magazine (October 2000): On Patrol with the South. The article documents the tour of duty of Navy Captain John Foster, who served as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Navy Junk Force in 1965 - 1966.
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Photographs
Seventeen undated photographs of the South Vietnamese Navy, VA035804 - VA035808, VA036576-VA036589 (including 3 insignias of the South Vietnamese Navy)
Twelve photographs of the South Vietnamese Navy, undated. VA036575-VA036586. Three South Vietnamese emblems printed on Kodack photo paper. VA036587-VA036589
24 photographs depicting the South Vietnamese Navy, undated
VA049166 - VA049193: 28 undated photographs depicting the South Vietnamese Navy
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D059.5 ]]
  • Photocopied photographs (with captions) of the South Vietnamese Navy and emblems. - Number 15 captions goes with large photocopied photo of government officials at a ceremony. - Document listing the types of ships in the South Vietnamese Navy from 1975-1976. - Photocopies of South Vietnamese Navy emblems. One document labeled Navy Hai-quan Vietnam. - Photocopied article-"South's Navy Rags," Vietnam Magazine, February 1994. - Three examples of South Vietnamese Navy emblems printed on Kodak photo paper.
  • Article from Vietnam Magazine (October 2000) On Patrol with the South by Capt John Foster
  • Photocopy of mission orders (in VIetnamese)
  • Photocopied certificates
  • Brief profiles of various craft in the Vietnamese Navy
  • Phhotocopies of photographs in the collection that include descriptions

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=12800000000

Citation
Van Quang Truong Collection (1280) Finding Aid, Van Quang Truong Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=12800000000, Accessed 07 May 2026.

Pub Credit Line
12800000000, Van Quang Truong Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 15 Feb 2004 [Updated: 11 Jan 2007]