William Autrey Collection (370) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 3700000000
- Collection
- William Autrey Collection
- Title
- Finding Aid
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- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 05 December 2001
Scope and Contents
Slides, articles, pamphlets, bulletins, a photograph of Autrey, and two CD-ROMs containing Power Point presentations of slide shows document Autrey's military service as a platoon leader of the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 299th Engineer Battalion (Combat) in Vietnam from fall 1965 to June 1966. The slides depict Autrey while in Qui Nhon, Highway 19 from Qui Nhon to An Khe to Pleiku, construction sites around Pleiku, Tan Son Nhut, Cam Ranh Bay, Dak To, and the Philippines.Biographical / Historical
William B. Autrey was a Lieutenant and served as Platoon Leader of the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 299th Engineer Battalion (Combat) in Vietnam from the fall 1965 to June 1966.- 3
- Photographs
VA000261: Picture of the Company A, 299th Engineer Battalion
VA000471: Officers of the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion
VA000492: Officers of Company A, 299th Engineer Battalion
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- Slides
273 Slides (VAS007879-VAS008151)
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- Electronic Media
2 CDs containing Vietnam Slides. 1 CD contains Trays 1-3. 2nd CD contains Trays4-6.
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D057.3 ]]
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Description of slides Vietnam
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Map from the Express News in San Antonio, Texas
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Two Christmas Cards from Vietnam
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Information Bulletin provided to the 299th Engineer Battalion troops on board troopship upon arrival in Qui Nhon harbor.
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Newspaper articles and photographs on the construction at Cam Ranh Bay
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Thanksgiving Day Menu, 1965
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Map and background information published by the Associated Press, 1965
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The Castle Courier, April 1966
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Pamphlet, Qui Nhon, 1965
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Propaganda leaflets and Safe Passage leaflets dropped by Allied Aircraft over suspected Viet Cong territories.
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Photocopy of Autrey's DD-214 (original document in restricted acess file)
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3700000000
- Citation
- William Autrey Collection (370) Finding Aid, William Autrey Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=3700000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 3700000000, William Autrey Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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Address
Texas Tech University, Box 41041, Lubbock, TX 79409 -
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Email
vnca@ttu.edu