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Certificate, Civil Aeronautics Administration of Japan - Air Official Certificate for John C. McRainey
Document Item Number: 16600101003
  • 16600101003
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 24 March 1967
Collection: John McRainey Collection
Association: Air America Association
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Added: 30 Apr 2012 [Updated: 30 Apr 2012]
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Japanese Document Numbered 3045
Document Item Number: 21170101012
  • 21170101012
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 07 May 1945
Collection: Jerry L. Harlowe Collection
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Added: 27 Jan 2009 [Updated: 03 Mar 2013]
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Japanese Record of Weight- Number W94973
Document Item Number: 21170101013
  • 21170101013
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 09 November 1973
Collection: Jerry L. Harlowe Collection
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Added: 27 Jan 2009 [Updated: 03 Mar 2013]
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Research on the People Influenced by Pesticides and Herbicides
Document Item Number: 6340203038
[Number of Pages: 89]
Item Creation Date: November 1991
Collection: Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection: Agent Orange Articles
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Added: 06 Jun 2005 [Updated: 06 Jun 2005]
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Japanese Newspaper Clipping
Document Item Number: 7310101119
  • 7310101119
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Lorimer Hay-Chapman Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2002 [Updated: 21 Nov 2002]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS084249
  • VAS084249
Kontum - Pagoda
Item Creation Date: July 1968
Collection: Dennis Coyne Collection
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Added: 22 Mar 2017 [Updated: 22 Mar 2017]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS088062
  • VAS088062
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jerry L. Bell Collection
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Added: 25 Jul 2018 [Updated: 25 Jul 2018]
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Apartment floor plans - Meguro Grand Mansion
Document Item Number: 25400101019
  • 25400101019
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Lawrence V. Smith Collection
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Added: 26 Jun 2013 [Updated: 17 Jul 2013]
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Business Card - Lawrence V. Smith, American Broadcasting Company, Cinematographer, Far East Bureau, Tokyo
Document Item Number: 25400101024
  • 25400101024
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Lawrence V. Smith Collection
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Added: 26 Jun 2013 [Updated: 17 Jul 2013]
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Flyer - re: Laotian flyer showing plane
Document Item Number: 22920204001
  • 22920204001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Larry Woodson Collection
Association: Air America Association
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Added: 26 Mar 2018 [Updated: 20 Sep 2018]
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One Year in Vietnam - Scrapbook
Document Item Number: 27700705001
  • 27700705001
[Number of Pages: 83]
Author(s): Dave Wolfe
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: J. D. Coleman Collection
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Added: 14 Nov 2018 [Updated: 14 Nov 2018]
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Sun Bros' Silk Goods - Sun Brothers & Co. - Pocket Card
Document Item Number: 32500101002
  • 32500101002
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dean G. Sprester Collection
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Added: 15 Nov 2021 [Updated: 15 Nov 2021]
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5 Yuan bill
Museum Object Item Number: 3384museum6389
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Andy Swift Collection
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Added: 07 Apr 2023 [Updated: 10 Apr 2023]
Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103380
  • VAS103380
Okinawa 1963-1964
Item Creation Date: June 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 14 Nov 2024 [Updated: 14 Nov 2024]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA079360
  • VA079360
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Aubrey 'Gene' Durrett Collection
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Added: 21 Nov 2024 [Updated: 03 Dec 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103253
  • VAS103253
Item Creation Date: December 1969
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 07 Nov 2024 [Updated: 11 Nov 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103255
  • VAS103255
Item Creation Date: December 1969
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 07 Nov 2024 [Updated: 11 Nov 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103256
  • VAS103256
Item Creation Date: December 1969
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 07 Nov 2024 [Updated: 11 Nov 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103309
  • VAS103309
Item Creation Date: April 1964
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 11 Nov 2024 [Updated: 11 Nov 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103679
  • VAS103679
Japan
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103680
  • VAS103680
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103681
  • VAS103681
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103684
  • VAS103684
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103686
  • VAS103686
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103692
  • VAS103692
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 04 Apr 2025 [Updated: 04 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103695
  • VAS103695
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 04 Apr 2025 [Updated: 04 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103700
  • VAS103700
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 04 Apr 2025 [Updated: 04 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103703
  • VAS103703
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 08 Apr 2025 [Updated: 09 Apr 2025]
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Military Currency - 1 Yen
Museum Object Item Number: 2434museum7431
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Robin Graham Collection
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Added: 13 May 2025 [Updated: 13 May 2025]
Military Currency - 1 Yen
Museum Object Item Number: 2434museum7432
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Robin Graham Collection
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Added: 13 May 2025 [Updated: 13 May 2025]
Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103667
  • VAS103667
Japan
Item Creation Date: March 1964
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103672
  • VAS103672
Japan
Item Creation Date: August 1963
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 03 Apr 2025 [Updated: 03 Apr 2025]
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Miscellaneous Notes from the Congressional Conference on the Pentagon Papers
Document Item Number: 34470101006
  • 34470101006
[Number of Pages: 19]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Randy S. Milden Collection
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Added: 17 Oct 2024 [Updated: 17 Oct 2024]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103808
  • VAS103808
Item Creation Date: March 1964
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 10 Sep 2025 [Updated: 10 Sep 2025]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS103809
  • VAS103809
Item Creation Date: March 1964
Collection: Arthur F. Eliason, Jr. Collection
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Added: 10 Sep 2025 [Updated: 10 Sep 2025]
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Coin
Museum Object Item Number: 3122museum7822
The Ten Yen Coin is a bronze coin in a one-inch circle. The design features the Phoenix Hall of the Buddha Temple. The main temple is set in the center with a rectangle gate on each side. Five different symbols surround the border of the coin. On the reverse side of the coin, a bow rests on the bottom center tying together leaf branches that surround the border of the coin. The number “10” with words underneath are in the center of the coin.
Item Creation Date: 1966
Collection: Lawrence D. McDougal Collection
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Added: 11 Sep 2025 [Updated: 11 Feb 2026]
Coin
Museum Object Item Number: 3122museum7824
The One Yen Coin is a aluminum circle coin from Japan that is two centimeters in diameter. Engraved in a bold number, “1,” with letters on the bottom border. The other side is engraved with a stem and three branches with leaves. Five different symbols are around the border.
Item Creation Date: 1966
Collection: Lawrence D. McDougal Collection
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Added: 11 Sep 2025 [Updated: 11 Feb 2026]
Coin
Museum Object Item Number: 3122museum7823
The One Hundred Yen Coin is a silver circle coin from Japan that is less than an inch in diameter. Engraved in bold numbers, “100,” with letters on the bottom border. The other side is engraved with cherry blossoms and five different symbols around the border.

Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Lawrence D. McDougal Collection
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Added: 11 Sep 2025 [Updated: 11 Feb 2026]
Coin
Museum Object Item Number: 3122museum7828
The 50 Yen Coin is a one inch in diameter nickel coin from Japan with a small hole in the middle. One side has “50” engraved on the top with lettering on the bottom. The opposite side has flower petals around the hole and symbols on the outer border.
Item Creation Date: 1960
Collection: Lawrence D. McDougal Collection
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Added: 11 Sep 2025 [Updated: 11 Feb 2026]
Magazine Article - Air Magazine - re: Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF
Document Item Number: 13550403006
  • 13550403006
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 19 Mar 2012 [Updated: 19 Mar 2012]
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Japanese Tourist Guide Book (With Map) For Vietnam (Document Too Big To Scan)
Document Item Number: 4020311001
  • 4020311001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dominick Cirincione Collection
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Added: 26 May 2005 [Updated: 29 Mar 2010]
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全国学園新聞 = National Education News (旺文社 = Obunsha Co., Ltd.) - Newspaper - Tokyo
Newspaper Item Number: 1078Newspaper610603
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Education news and Sports News in Japan
Item Creation Date: 01 May 1960
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers)
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Added: 30 Nov 2016 [Updated: 01 Dec 2016]
読売新聞夕刊 = Yomiuri Shimbun (読売新聞社) - Newspaper
Newspaper Item Number: 1078Newspaper610604
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literature, Theater News, Reviews
Item Creation Date: 01 March 1960
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection (Personal Papers)
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Added: 30 Nov 2016 [Updated: 01 Dec 2016]
Unidentified Japanese periodical
Serial Item Number: 3337Serial613024
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Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Michael Putzel Collection
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Added: 08 Sep 2022 [Updated: 08 Sep 2022]
Welcome to Japan - United States Army, Japan - R&R Packet
Document Item Number: 25830103001
  • 25830103001
[Number of Pages: 103]
Item Creation Date: 1969
Collection: Loren Hall Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 10 Sep 2024 [Updated: 11 Sep 2024]
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Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation Collection (2652) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26520000000
Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation Collection (2652) Finding Aid
Approximately 550 linear feet of court documents; pleadings; court hearings and deposition transcripts; trial exhibits; government discovery documents; case law files; correspondence; memoranda; summaries; drafts; reports; studies; and internal communication created and/or used during the Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation. Most of the materials in the collection appear to have been created or gathered by the Budd Larner Law Firm, who represented Defendant Thompson Chemicals Corporation. Materials of note include the defendants’ motions, memoranda and exhibits for summary judgment based on the Government Contract Defense; Pretrial Orders 26, 33, 51 and 91; the settlement agreement and its drafts; the May 24, 1984 Plaintiffs’ Conference; and the plaintiffs’ and defendants’ fairness briefs.

The collection is arranged into five series: (1) Discovery and Reference, (2) Internal Communication, (3) Trial Records, (4) Deposition and Exhibits, and (5) Medical Records. Due to the breadth of distinctive topics and focus areas of the litigation, each series has also been divided into subseries.

(1) Discovery and Reference
The first series, Discovery and Reference, includes materials gathered during the litigation by defendants and defendants’ legal discovery firms. Defendant discovery and database firms included Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits (firm); The Travelers Insurance Company; and J. Feuerstein Systems, which all assisted in the document production and selection process. The series has five subseries,
(1.1) Discovery, (1.2) Weldon Spring Chemical Plant, (1.3) Military Documentation, (1.4) Scientific, and (1.5) Case Law.

(1.1) Discovery (30 linear ft.)
The Discovery subseries includes correspondence; memoranda; government documents; document digests; reports; studies; contracts; legislative bills and transcripts; interview, conference and meeting summaries; FOIA requests; database searches and disease profiles created or gathered by defendants or defendants’ legal discovery firms. The U.S. Department of Justice facilitated the production of government documents during the discovery process, sending documents in batches based on defendant and plaintiff document requests. The subseries is arranged chronologically with materials within previously bound volumes arranged numerically by volume number.

(1.2) Weldon Spring Chemical Plant (13 linear ft.)
The Weldon Spring Chemical Plant subseries includes proposals; correspondence; memoranda; manuals; specifications; schematics; diagrams; equipment lists; agreements; requests for quotations; purchase orders; meeting summaries; weekly reports of activities; progress reports; an environmental impact statement; and inventories related to the Thompson Chemicals Corporation and Stearns-Roger joint venture at Weldon Spring Chemical Plant in their failed attempt to turn the government owned facility into an Agent Orange production facility. The subseries also includes document reference sheets; coding forms; database searches and correspondence by Thompson Chemicals and other chemical companies who felt the evidence provided by these documents was strong enough to get Thompson Chemicals reinstated in the trial after being granted summary judgment in May 1983. The subseries is arranged chronologically with oversize schematics placed either at the end of the subseries or at the end of the inventory.

(1.3) Military Documentation (9 linear ft.)
The Military Documentation subseries includes reports; studies; correspondence; memoranda; manuscript drafts; map and book photocopies; manuals; briefings; evaluations; summaries; situation reports; daily staff journals; database searches; and medical statistics and reports from U.S. military departments and related officials. The subseries also contains analyses of representative plaintiffs’ exposure to herbicide while in Vietnam based on their known stationed locations. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(1.4) Scientific (14 linear ft.)
The Scientific subseries includes reports; studies; congressional hearings and statements; literature reviews; conference proceedings; progress reports; workshop drafts; and book sections related to scientific research and discussion on Agent Orange, herbicides and dioxin. The subseries contains some of the Bionetics Research Laboratories reports, whose results influenced the government to halt the usage of Agent Orange in 1970. It also includes Thompson Chemicals Corporation/Superior Solvents site documents related to the positive samples of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin found by the EPA in the soil where the chemical company was located. The subseries is arranged chronologically with oversize materials placed at the end of the inventory.

(1.5) Case Law (6 linear ft.)
The Case Law subseries includes correspondence; class briefs; legal opinions; judgments and orders; petitions for writ of mandamus; state statutes; notices of lien reports; articles and court transcripts from other court cases and legislature that appeared to relate to the litigation and the defendants’ positions and arguments. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(2) Internal Communication
The second series, Internal Communication, concerns materials created and/or received by the defendants during the litigation in preparation for the trial that generally were not intended to serve as official court documents. In addition to the materials defendants created for themselves as resources for the litigation, these materials capture communication within a firm, particularly Budd Larner who represented Thompson Chemical, and communication between defendants, plaintiffs, legal discovery firms, clients, and/or other groups. The series is divided into four subseries: (2.1) Correspondence, (2.2) Trial, (2.3) Deposition, and (2.4) Financial.

(2.1) Correspondence (8 linear ft.)
The Correspondence subseries includes correspondence and lists of mail received with notices to all counsel; deposition scheduling; meeting summaries; motions; memoranda; document lists; government documents; affidavits; case law; bills and invoices; allocations; and briefs that were received or created by the Budd Larner law firm and other defendants during the litigation. The subseries also contains internal Budd Larner office memoranda related to the litigation. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(2.2) Trial (8.5 linear ft.)
The Trial subseries includes trial books; interoffice communication; meeting summaries; memoranda; notes; filing procedures; jury analysis data and opt-out lists. The defendants used trial books, which contain a summary on a particular organization or topic; plus relevant testimonies and documents, to provide an internal overview on a topic. The subseries is arranged chronologically. Boxes 87 and 88A contain restricted materials and are closed until 2061.

(2.3) Deposition (8 linear ft.)
The Deposition subseries includes outlines; witness/deponent lists and profiles; deposition summaries; medical records requests; schedules; and notes relating to the defendants’ preparations for depositions. The subseries is arranged chronologically and then alphabetically if applicable.

(2.4) Financial (1 linear ft)
The Financial subseries includes bills; timesheets; and invoices related to trial matters such as transcriptions; discovery; and databases. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3) Trial Records
The third series, Trial Records, contains materials created during the litigation as part of the official court record. The series contains 17 subseries: (3.1) Court Proceedings, (3.2) Pleadings, (3.3) Complaints, (3.4) Interrogatories, (3.5) Document Production, (3.6) Government Contract Defense, (3.7) Class Certification, (3.8) Plaintiff Pleadings and Correspondence, (3.9) Statutes of Limitations, Venue, and Jurisdiction, (3.10) Liability, (3.11) Jury Selection, (3.12) Media Coverage, (3.13) Settlement, (3.14) Attorney’s Fees, (3.15) Opt-Out and Appeal Cases, (3.16) Joint Appendices, and (3.17) Working Files. The ordering of the subseries within the series generally attempts to mimic the progressions of the trial with elements that began earlier such as complaints, document requests and the Government Contract Defense preceding liability, settlement and opt-out and appeal cases. The subseries also attempts to reflect the arrangement and categories chosen by the collection’s creators.

(3.1) Court Proceedings (16 linear ft.)
The Court Proceedings subseries includes orders; opinions; recommendations; and hearing transcripts, primarily from Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation court officials. The subseries also contains procedural motions and memoranda from defendants and plaintiffs. The subseries is arranged chronologically with volumes being grouped together with the date of the last volume in the set determining where the set is placed within the subseries. Joint hearings transcripts with two court officials listed in the title are placed separately from transcripts with only a single listed official.

(3.2) Pleadings (16 linear ft.)
The Pleadings subseries is a set of previously bound volumes of court records from the litigation that appears to have been created by the defendants and arranged numerically by volume. The Court of Appeals, Second Circuit volumes are placed at the end of the subseries. Materials within the volumes include legal memoranda; motions; correspondence; interrogatory answers; orders; recommendations; statements; petitions; notices; and objections. Most volumes have an index at the end of the volume. Pleading volume 32 does not appear in this subseries.

(3.3) Complaints (2 linear ft.)
The Complaints subseries includes complaints from the plaintiffs toward the defendants and towards the United States government and Veterans’ Administration. The subseries also contains defendants’ answers and responses to the complaints as well as defendants’ third-party complaints against the United States. The subseries is arranged chronologically with previously bound volumes being grouped together with the date of the last volume in the set determining where it is placed chronologically.

(3.4) Interrogatories (5 linear ft.)
The Interrogatories subseries includes interrogatories, responses and answers from the plaintiffs, defendants, and the United States, as well as recommendations and orders from the special master and magistrate. The subseries is arranged chronologically with volumes being grouped together with the latest date determining where the volume set is placed.

(3.5) Document Production (7 linear ft.)
The Document Production subseries includes document requests; confidentiality and protective orders; correspondence; memoranda; and other documents related to the litigation discovery process for all parties involved. The subseries also covers the United States’ claims of privilege, such as state secrets; responses to a 1983 Diamond Shamrock company memorandum regarding document destruction; attempts to focus and consolidate government document discovery; and the hiring and recommendations of Special Master Sol Schreiber. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.6) Government Contract Defense (11 linear ft.)
The Government Contract Defense subseries includes defendants’ Agent Orange contracts with the government; relevant pretrial orders; and motions for summary judgment with exhibits and legal memoranda. After Judge Pratt determined that four of the defendants could be dismissed using the Government Contract Defense to gain summary judgment, the subseries focuses on the memoranda and motions for reconsideration that brought Thompson Chemicals Corporation and Hercules Incorporated back into the case, and defendants’ arguments based on the Defense Production Act. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.7) Class Certification (4 linear ft.)
The Class Certification subseries includes a determination of what cases should be transferred into the multidistrict litigation and be part of the class; dissemination of the class notice including how to locate veterans and what media to use; motions for intervention; decertification; and class notice certificates. The series is arranged chronologically with the certifications arranged numerically with the latest date determining where the set is placed within the subseries.

(3.8) Plaintiff Pleadings and Correspondence (7 linear ft.)
The Plaintiff Pleadings and Correspondence subseries includes transfer orders, summons and complaints; communication between plaintiffs and defendants; planned in extremis depositions; and exclusion request forms for individual plaintiffs. Except for the Michael Ryan files, which is the class certified case, each file represents a case that was transferred to MDL 381. Many of these plaintiffs chose to either opt-out of the class or opposed this transfer. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by the plaintiff’s last name or organization name.

(3.9) Statutes of Limitations, Venue, and Jurisdiction (2 linear ft.)
The Statutes of Limitations, Venue, and Jurisdiction subseries includes case files; legal memoranda; and proposed transfer orders. These materials cover issues such as the application of federal common law to the case; claims that the plaintiffs failed in the legal process of officially naming Thompson Chemicals Corporation as a defendant and the impact this would have on proper jurisdiction; individual states’ statute of limitations laws on personal injury and wrongful death claims; and the choice of the Eastern District of New York as the venue for all multidistrict cases in the litigation. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.10) Liability (7 linear ft.)
The Liability subseries includes complaints; legal memoranda; insurance information; correspondence; memos; scope of issues; petitions for writ of mandamus; and motions related to the issues of causation and liability regarding Agent Orange. The subseries includes the questions of whether the United States had any liability in the case due to the Feres Doctrine; whether Hooker Chemicals/Occidental had any liability for providing the base supplies the chemical companies used for Agent Orange; and whether 2,4-D and non-phenoxy herbicides used during Vietnam should be included in the trial. The subseries also includes a determination of the chemical companies’ liability insurance policies. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.11) Jury Selection (6 linear ft.)
The Jury Selection subseries includes defendant’s legal memoranda opposing a jury trial; the questionnaires provided to the potential jury of the trial; and transcripts for court hearings before Judge Weinstein and Magistrate Scheindlin where the parties chose the jury pool that would appear in court. Drafts of the questionnaires can also be found in the subseries. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.12) Media Coverage (.5 linear ft.)
The Media Coverage subseries includes protective orders; defendants’ briefs; and news clippings and articles written by the press during the litigation. Part of the subseries focuses on CBS’ requests for discovery materials from both parties and the response that led to protective orders placed on the material to restrict CBS’ access. Another part focuses on the media coverage of the settlement of the case. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.13) Settlement (6.5 linear ft.)
The Settlement subseries includes correspondence; legal memoranda; fairness briefs; settlement agreements; objections; certified mail; meeting, hearing and conference transcripts; allocations; insurance coverage and fund materials related to the settlement of the litigation that occurred on May 7, 1984, and its aftermath. The subseries includes correspondence sent by plaintiff veterans responding to the settlement. The subseries is arranged chronologically with the numbered certifications arranged together numerically.

(3.14) Attorney’s Fees (10 linear ft.)
The Attorney’s Fees subseries includes timesheets; work journals; legal memoranda; transcripts; applications; reviews; and joint appendices related to the plaintiff attorneys’ applications to receive payment for their services from a portion of the settlement fund. The subseries contains both the plaintiffs’ own records and writings on their work during the litigation as well as the defendants’, Judge Weinstein’s and Magistrate Scheindlin’s reviews, orders and recommendations for fee allotment for each plaintiff attorney or legal firm. The subseries is generally arranged chronologically with the initial plaintiff applications for attorney’s fees arranged numerically by a court assigned number and with the joint appendices arranged by volume number.

(3.15) Opt-Out and Appeal Cases (10 linear ft.)
The Opt-Out and Appeal Cases subseries includes exclusion request forms; lists of opt-out plaintiffs; notices; complaints; appeals; writs of mandamus; orders; legal memoranda; correspondence; motions; and United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit briefs. The subseries includes materials related to individual plaintiffs’ opt-out cases. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(3.16) Joint Appendices (7.5 linear ft.)
The Joint Appendices subseries includes dockets; legal memoranda; complaints; transcript and deposition excerpts; exhibits; motions; appeals; orders; and correspondence, which served as gathered evidence for appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. These appeals included appeals to the class action; opt-out appeals; civilian cases appeals; the defendants’ appeal of the lifting of the protective order; and appeals relating to the liability and dismissal of the United States from the litigation. The subseries is arranged chronologically with the volumes of Joint Appendices arranged numerically.

(3.17) Working Files (2.5 linear ft.)
The Working Files subseries includes pleading copies; pending motions; legal memoranda; file lists and indexes; complaints; reports; briefs; jury instructions; exhibit lists; trial books; and interrogatories that were kept as files during the litigation by the defendant attorney firm, Budd Larner. A Budd Larner attorney, Joseph J. Schiavone, organized and/or created many of the files within the subseries. The subseries is arranged chronologically and then numerically by assigned file number. Not all file numbers are represented as some numbers are skipped.

(4) Deposition and Exhibits
The fourth series, Deposition and Exhibits, contains materials created to form evidence and testimonies that would be used to support each side’s arguments during the trial. The series contains seven subseries: (4.1) Alphabetical, (4.2) Post Settlement, (4.3) Master List Exhibits, (4.4) Plaintiffs’ Exhibits, (4.5) Defendants’ Exhibits, (4.6) Supplemental, and (4.7) Opt-Out Affidavits.

(4.1) Alphabetical (203 linear ft.)
The Alphabetical subseries includes deposition transcripts; exhibits; and searches for relevant deponents from documents found in the defendants’ trial databases. The deposition transcripts come from government officials from relevant agencies and departments such as Edgewood Arsenal; Fort Detrick; U.S. Public Health Service; Environmental Protection Agency; President’s Science Advisory Committee; Department of Defense; National Cancer Institute/Bionetics; Air Force Logistics Command; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; chemical company employees; representative plaintiffs; and defendants’ and plaintiffs’ expert witnesses. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by deponent’s last name and then first name if applicable.

(4.2) Post Settlement (5 linear ft.)
The Post Settlement subseries includes deposition transcripts and exhibits for depositions that were conducted after the class action litigation was settled on May 7, 1984. This subseries focuses on civilian and opt-out plaintiffs and is arranged alphabetically by deponent’s last name.

(4.3) Master List Exhibits (2 linear ft.)
The Master List Exhibits subseries includes reports; studies; minutes; memoranda; correspondence; trip reports; and statements that defendants planned to use as exhibits for multiple government witness depositions. The subseries is arranged numerically by exhibit number with additional potential exhibits being placed at the end. Some exhibit numbers are skipped.

(4.4) Plaintiffs’ Exhibits (13 linear ft.)
The Plaintiffs’ Exhibits subseries includes reports; studies; contracts; chemical analyses; shipping information; minutes; case law; and bibliographies that the plaintiffs planned to use as potential exhibits during the trial. The subseries is generally arranged by exhibit number with the pretrial orders at the beginning of the subseries containing an index and summary of each exhibit. Original order of runs was preserved when possible. Plaintiffs’ exhibits begin with the letter P. Some exhibit numbers are skipped.

(4.5) Defendants’ Exhibits (63 linear ft.)
The Defendants’ Exhibits subseries includes contracts; specifications; manuals; reports; studies; chemical analyses; invoices; daily staff journals; minutes; trip reports; transcripts; memoranda and correspondence that the defendants planned to use as potential exhibits during the trial. The subseries is arranged by chemical company. At the start of each chemical company’s exhibits is a pretrial order that lists all the exhibits with short summaries for the company. Within each company’s exhibits, it is arranged by exhibit number with company specific exhibits first and then joint exhibits, which applied to all chemical company defendants. Company exhibits usually start with the first letter of the company with Diamond Shamrock using DS and T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition using TH. Joint exhibits start with a W. Some exhibit numbers are skipped.

(4.6) Supplemental (5 linear ft.)
The Supplemental subseries includes deponent and witness lists; legal memoranda; deposition notices; schedules; calendars; orders; scope of discovery; exhibit document lists; medical examination lists and documents; and Federal Rules of Procedure Rule 26 (b) (4) (A) (i) statements. These documents appear to be used to organize the deposition process with court rulings on issues such as closed and in extremis depositions; with Rule 26 statements that stated the qualifications of each expert witness a party potentially planned to use during the trial; and with schedules and procedures established for deposition scheduling and medical examinations. The subseries is arranged chronologically. Volumes are grouped together with the date of the last volume in the set determining where the set is placed chronologically.

(4.7) Opt-Out Affidavits (1 linear ft.)
The Opt-Out Affidavits subseries includes affidavits; checklists of medical problems; curricula vitae and exhibits from plaintiffs who opted out of the class action settlement and from physicians who observed these plaintiffs. The firm Ashcraft & Gerel represented all the opt-out plaintiffs who provided affidavits in this subseries. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

(5) Medical
The Medical Records series contains restricted materials and is closed until 2061.

Collection: Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation Collection

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Andy Swift Collection (3384) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 33840000000
Andy Swift Collection (3384) Finding Aid
The collection consists of artifacts; photographs and images; slides; pamphlets; moving images; articles and excerpts; guidebooks; flight checklists; flight information publications; maps; yearbooks; photo albums; training materials (study guides, workbooks, class notes); correspondence; audio; briefing notes; books; journals; electronic media; and academic papers documenting Captain Andy Swift's USAF service as a forward air controller with the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron and the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron, as well as the USAF Tactical Air Control Party HHC, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Also included are excerpts from a thank you letter received by Capt. Swift and materials honoring the memory of Capt. Swift's friend and fellow FAC Stephen Scrivener, who was shot down over Laos on the night of March 17, 1971 while flying combat air support for the ARVN during Operation Lam Son 719. These materials include a Vietnam Memorial Wall etching, personal recollections, and a clipping. The materials are dated predominately 1964-1975 and 1989-1996.
Collection: Andy Swift Collection

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Added: 03 Apr 2023 [Updated: 26 Mar 2024]
Bart Brigida Collection (3409) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 34090000000
Bart Brigida Collection (3409) Finding Aid
The collection consists of approximately 2.5 linear feet of materials documenting Lieutenant Colonel Bart Brigida's U.S. Air Force career, including his service with Air America in Vientiane, Laos from 1966-1970 and Udorn, Thailand from 1970-1974. The materials include artifacts; military orders; memos and correspondence; letters of recommendation and appreciation; award citations and certificates; briefing information; photographs; performance and other reports; notes; manuals, technical orders, and other training materials; course materials; academic papers; flyers and pamphlets; pilots checklists and logs; SOPs; ID and business cards; agendas; and financial records. The materials are dated predominately 1942-1970.
Collection: Bart Brigida Collection
Association: Air America Association

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Added: 12 Jun 2023 [Updated: 14 Jun 2023]
Robin Graham Collection (2434) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 24340000000
Robin Graham Collection (2434) Finding Aid
The collection consists of approximately 3.5 linear feet of materials documenting Lieutenant Robin Graham's U.S. Army service with 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment at Firebase Ripcord. The materials include audio letters; artifacts; notes; flyers and pamphlets; R&R informational materials; ID cards; handbooks, guides, and manuals; checklists; SOPs; schedules; bulletins; short timer calendars; a photo album; sketches; correspondence; clippings; catalogs; posters; maps; periodicals; reports (including situation report excerpts); unit histories; fact sheets; photographs; Chieu Hoi and other propaganda leaflets; electronic media; moving images; and ephemera. Also included are An Annotated History of the 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 506th Infantry (1 March 1970 - 1 August 1970) compiled by Robin Graham and copies of the battalion's Field Standard Operating Procedures. The materials are dated predominately 1967-1981 and 2003-2004.
Collection: Robin Graham Collection

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Added: 06 Feb 2014 [Updated: 15 May 2025]
Michael Putzel Collection (3337) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 33370000000
Michael Putzel Collection (3337) Finding Aid
The collection consists of approximately 3.5 linear feet of materials pertaining to Michael Putzel's coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press from 1969 to 1972, as well as research material for his various works including The Price They Paid: Enduring Wounds of War (2015); Rogue Soldier: One Man’s War (2021); articles for Vietnam magazine; a chapter for War and Moral Injury: A Reader (2018); and the English-language manuscript of “Losing Henri,” a memorial written for Henri Huet: J'etais Photographe de Guerre (2006). The materials include notebooks; maps and diagrams; moving images; articles, clippings, and excerpts; academic papers; writings (including drafts/notes); daily staff journals; situation, spot, and trip reports; intelligence summaries; after action reports; operational reports lessons learned; officer efficiency reports; expense reports; memos and correspondence; flyers and pamphlets; meeting itineraries; photographs and images; witness statements; periodicals; newsletters; audio; award citations, certificates, recommendations, and narratives; letters of appreciation/commendation; telcon and interview transcripts/notes/questions; service records; obituaries; biographical data; artifacts; mailing lists; personal recollections; casualty records/KIA data; congressional records; website printouts; unit histories; press kits; archival finding aids; meeting minutes/transcripts; memos of conversation; book proposals; research notes; flight records; and ephemera. Subjects include Lam Son 719 (including the downing of a South Vietnamese Huey helicopter carrying combat photographers); Operation Ranch Hand and the use of Agent Orange; C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (Condors); and Major James T. Newman (C Troop Commander). Also included are materials used in the book Lost Over Laos by Richard Pyle and Horst Faas. The materials are dated predominately 1965-1975 and 1986-2020.
Collection: Michael Putzel Collection

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