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James V. and Anne Weatherill Collection (2704) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27040000000

One book, The Blades Carry Me: Inside the Helicopter War in Vietnam, James V. and Anne Weatherill, 2014. The book takes the reader into the CH-47 Chinook helicopter cockpit and the daily life of a 22 year old pilot. It also includes Anne Weatherill's experience as a pregnant college senior and military spouse.
Collection: James V. and Anne Weatherill Collection

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Added: 08 Jun 2015 [Updated: 20 Nov 2019]

Cornelius Carmody Collection (2708) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27080000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of material related to the evacuation of Saigon in 1975. Included are personal recollections by the defense attache and key staff members of the residual United States Defense Attache Saigon Office from 15 July 1975, a Post Report by the Department of State from March 1974, the NRS (Navy Resale System) News Digest from August 1975, Sealift, a magazine of the Military Sealift Command from June 1975, and an article entitled The End of Things: Frequent Wind, by Commander Don Brady regarding Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Vietnam. Also included are two letters, one photograph, one book, periodicals, and one DVD.
Collection: Cornelius Carmody Collection

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Added: 11 Jun 2015 [Updated: 08 Mar 2022]

Steven R. Blunck Collection (2645) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26450000000

The collection consists of one POW/MIA bracelet for Major Bradley G. Cuthbert of the United States Air Force. He was lost on November 23, 1968 in North Vietnam. The bracelet was worn by Steven Blunck, the donor. Also included is a poster featuring an image of a memorial dedicated to Vietnam veterans. The image, titled In Honor of the Vietnam Veterans, was taken by John Malick. Malick gave Steven Blunck the poster as a tribute to his father, Lyle Blunck. Lyle Blunck served in Vietnam in 1967 as a Department of the Army civilian, working for the US Army Weapons Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois.
Collection: Steven R. Blunck Collection

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Added: 23 Jun 2015 [Updated: 06 Dec 2021]

Frederick J. Kevetter Collection (2702) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27020000000

Approximately three quarters of a linear foot of correspondence from Frederick J. Kevetter, an Air Force chaplain at Nakhon Phanom Air Force Base in Thailand in 1966. He wrote the letters to his family: his wife and six children. They discuss his day to day operations as a chaplain. They were given to the archive by Golda Anne Leonard, Frederick Kevetter's daughter.
Collection: Frederick J. Kevetter Collection

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Added: 24 Jun 2015 [Updated: 04 Dec 2019]

Louise and Jody Schoch Collection (2711) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27110000000

Two black and white photographs taken by offical Marine Corps photographers. One of the Marine forward obsevers for the beseiged 26th Marines trying to spot North Vietnamese Army mortar position from front lines at Khe Sanh in February 1968, and one of the members of the 9th Marine Regiment moving through a clearing past a Marine tank as a CH-46 helicopter lands to evacuate wounded near Cam Lo, Vietnam, in April 1967. The photographs were found at a garage sale in Denver, Colorado, and sent to the archive by Louise and Jody Schoch.
Collection: Louise and Jody Schoch Collection

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Added: 13 Jul 2015 [Updated: 13 Jul 2015]

Ngo Kim Thuy Collection (2722) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27220000000

Approximately four linear feet of books published in Vietnam, with half in English and half in Vietnamese. Titles in English include biographies of Vietnamese leaders, histories of the country, informational books on different ethnic groups within Vietnam, and fiction books relating to the history of the American Vietnam War.
Collection: Ngo Kim Thuy Collection

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Added: 02 Aug 2015 [Updated: 02 Aug 2015]

Larry Laverentz Collection (2724) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27240000000

One book, The Vietnam War: Its Ownself, James E. Parker Jr., 2015.
Collection: Larry Laverentz Collection

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Added: 03 Aug 2015 [Updated: 20 Mar 2018]

Gary Lester Collection (2728) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27280000000

Approximately one linear foot of books, many of which concern the LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) in the Vietnam War. The majority of the books were published in the 1990s.
Collection: Gary Lester Collection

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Added: 14 Sep 2015 [Updated: 14 Sep 2015]

Jeanne Christie Collection (2678) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26780000000

Approximately two linear feet of printed emails, correspondence, slides, photographs, newsletters, museum objects, and newspaper clippings relating primarily to the Donut Dollies, but also to women veterans and the women's memorial, POW/MIAs, Agent Orange, Operation Babylift, and PTSD. Given to the archive by Jeanne Christie, who worked as an American Red Cross 'Donut Dolly' and was later involved in advocacy for service-related and womens' issues. Approximately half of this donation is restricted due to privacy.
Collection: Jeanne Christie Collection

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Added: 17 Sep 2015 [Updated: 25 Feb 2025]

Giang Trinh Collection (2732) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27320000000

One book written in Vietnamese titled 'Tuyen tap Nhung La Thu Thoi Chien Viet Nam,' by Dang Vuong Hung, published in 2015. Signed by the author and given to the archive by Giang Trinh.
Collection: Giang Trinh Collection

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Added: 21 Oct 2015 [Updated: 21 Oct 2015]

Joseph R. Henry Collection (2698) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26980000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of unidentified slides of Vietnam. Some depict green berets and scenes of camp life, as well as Vietnamese people, housing, and boats. There are some aerial photos, as well as dentistry photos, women in Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese dress), and Vietnamese children. They were given to the archive by Joseph R. Henry who was in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971 with the 1st Cavalry and Special Forces.
Collection: Joseph R. Henry Collection

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Added: 28 Oct 2015 [Updated: 01 Nov 2015]

Robert J. Moir Collection (2733) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27330000000

One book, 'The Exec: A Vietnam War Memoir,' by Robert J. Moir, published in 2013. The book describes his experience as an Executive Officer on USN (United States Navy) River Section 533 during his deployment for 12 months from 1967 to 1968. During this time his unit operated from inshore bases in South Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
Collection: Robert J. Moir Collection

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Added: 10 Nov 2015 [Updated: 10 Nov 2015]

Kyle Longley Collection (2737) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27370000000

One book, 'The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town America and the Vietnam War,' Kyle Longley, 2013. Dr. Longley is a historian and political scientist who has researched the Vietnam War. He is also the author of 'Grunts: the American Combat Soldier in Vietnam, 2008,' and 'In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America,' 2002.
Collection: Kyle Longley Collection

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Added: 29 Nov 2015 [Updated: 29 Nov 2015]

Edgar W. Eaton Collection (2738) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27380000000

One book, Mekong Mud Dogs: The Story of Sgt. Ed Eaton, Ed Eaton, 2014. The book is a first person account into the life of an infantryman of the Mobile Riverine Force's river raiders. The donor and author, Ed Eaton, was a Platoon Sergeant and sniper with the river raiders on the Mekong.
Collection: Edgar W. Eaton Collection

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Added: 29 Nov 2015 [Updated: 29 Nov 2015]

Gloria Glover Gates Collection (2694) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26940000000

Approximately less than a quarter of a linear foot of slides, photographs, leaflets dropped over Nha Trang, and a certificate relating to the service of Gloria Glover Gates in the SRAO (Supplement Recreation Activities Overseas also known as Donut Dollies) in 1968 in and around Bearcat and Nha Trang.
Collection: Gloria Glover Gates Collection

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Added: 29 Nov 2015 [Updated: 19 Dec 2023]

Brian Bex Collection (2735) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27350000000

Approximately 80 linear feet of bound Congressional records, bound newspapers and periodicals, books, correspondence, pamphlets, museums objects, audio CDs, and moving image DVDs related to communism in the USSR and China, subversive and communist activities within the United States, the civil rights movement, the peace movement, KGB espionage, and student movements at Indiana University and across the nation.
Collection: Brian Bex Collection

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Added: 03 Dec 2015 [Updated: 25 Mar 2020]

Phuong Van Nguyen Collection (2747) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27470000000

Two copies of one book, Trung Uy Sinh Vien Si Quan (Nhung cuoc chien chua duoc ke), Nguyen van Phuong, 2015. Given to the archive by the author.
Collection: Phuong Van Nguyen Collection

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Added: 20 Dec 2015 [Updated: 20 Dec 2015]

Wesley R. Fishel Papers (UA 17.95) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: UA17950000000

Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

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Added: 13 Jan 2016 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]

Vietnam Project (UA 2.9.5.5) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: UA29550000000

Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

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Added: 13 Jan 2016 [Updated: 24 Mar 2023]

Ralph F. Turner Papers (UA 17.149) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: UA171490000000

Materials in this series reflect Turner's involvement in the MSU Advisory Group (MSUG) in Vietnam. Turner's collection of papers on this project reflect largely the formal workings of the MSUG, and consequently consist largely of reports, publications, articles, briefing information, case studies, meeting minutes, notes, drafts of formal materials, and some correspondence. It is suggested that the researcher consult the series of correspondence for the time period Turner spent in Vietnam as Chief Police Advisor to the Police and Security Service of South Vietnam as part of the MSUG. Please also refer to collection UA 2.9.5.5 (Vietnam Project) and UA 17.95 (Wesley R. Fishel Papers) for a more detailed record of MSU's involvement in Vietnam. This project was established under contract through the Vietnamese Government and the U.S. Operations Mission. Arranged largely alphabetically.
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

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Added: 13 Jan 2016 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]

John A. Hannah Papers (UA 2.1.12) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: UA21120000000

John Hannah's papers are comprised of 13 series: Administrative files, General subject files, Committee files, Association files, Miscellaneous correspondence, Speeches, Civil Rights Commission, Publications, Ephemera, Audio-visual, Restricted, Photographs and Display images. Items related to the Vietnam project are taken from the administrative and general subject files. These folders contain correspondence, reports, notes, and newspaper clippings relating to the operation of the overseas program.
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

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Added: 13 Jan 2016 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]

Ralph H. Smuckler Papers (UA 17.234) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: UA172340000000

Collection: Ralph H. Smuckler Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

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Added: 13 Jan 2016 [Updated: 03 Apr 2020]

Philip C. Gutzman Collection (2600) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26000000000

The collection consists of approximately 58 linear feet of research materials used by Philip Gutzman to write three reference books on the Vietnam War: Vietnam: a Visual Encyclopedia; Vietnam: Naval and Riverine Weapons; and the Dictionary of Military Acronyms. The materials include documents, books, microforms, photographs, slides, moving images, periodicals, and artifacts. The collection contains excellent reference material on all topics and time periods of the Vietnam War and would be useful for scholars as well as military veterans looking for official military documentation and battle accounts.

The materials include the book Dusterman Vietnam: Story of the Last Great Gunfighters: Transcripts from My Vietnam Diary and Memoirs by Joseph M. Belardo. Joseph Belardo was the United States Army 1st Field Force, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, Mobile Combat Team, Body Recovery Combat Attachment to the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force, 3rd Marine Division from August 1967 to August 1968.

The books in the collection contain many useful reference manuals on military weapons and equipment. The documents in the collection cover a wide variety of formats including military reports (e.g. Operation Reports – Lessons Learned, After Action Reports); study and analysis papers written by scholars and research institutions like the RAND Corporation; military training documents; special reports; bibliographies; and Department of the Army field manuals. These materials originated from a variety of institutions including the Army War College, the National Archives, the U.S. military, the RAND Corporation, the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), and Gutzman’s own service in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

These materials cover the time period from the Viet Minh and the First Indochina War through the end of the Vietnam War with the bulk of the materials dating from 1960 through 1975. Major subjects covered by these materials include insurgency/counterinsurgency; Special Forces; prisoners of war; herbicides/defoliation; psychological warfare; tactical air support; tank warfare; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Montagnards and Vietnam’s ethnic minorities; naval and riverine operations; military slang and terminology; Vietnamization; terrorism; the Viet Cong; guerilla warfare; refugees; military weapons and weapons systems; nuclear weaponry; pacification; military medicine and first aid; logistics and support; and reports and analyses of various battles of the Vietnam War.
Collection: Philip C. Gutzman Collection

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Added: 19 Jan 2016 [Updated: 10 Jul 2024]

Hai T. Dang Collection (2753) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27530000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents donated to the archive by Hai T. Dang. The documents contain a copy of an award citation given to Dang by the U. S. Government, and a copy of an article written about his son Hung Tran Dang's service in Desert Storm.
Collection: Hai T. Dang Collection

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Added: 03 Feb 2016 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]

Rubin Gold Binder Collection (2754) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27540000000

One letter donated to the archive by Kristina Binder. The letter is from James Elliott Williams sent to Rubin Gold Binder on July 22, 1997.
Collection: Rubin Gold Binder Collection

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Added: 03 Feb 2016 [Updated: 03 Feb 2016]

Eugene Rossel Collection (581) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 5810000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents and electronic media donated to the archive by Eugene Rossel. Also included is a book written by Rossel.
Collection: Eugene Rossel Collection
Association: Air Commando Association

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Added: 23 Feb 2016 [Updated: 05 May 2021]

Pat Gray Collection (2756) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27560000000

One article donated to the archive by Pat Gray.
Collection: Pat Gray Collection

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Added: 23 Feb 2016 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]

Tom Reich Collection (2692) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 26920000000

One copy of Tom Reich's thesis 'Higher Education in Vietnam United States Agency for International Development Contract in Education, Wisconsin State University--Stevens Point and Republic of Vietnam: the Wisconsin Contract in Higher Education and other USAID/Wisconsin Team efforts', and a thumb drive with an electronic copy of the thesis.
Collection: Tom Reich Collection

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Added: 25 Feb 2016 [Updated: 25 Feb 2016]

Leland Stanford Martin Jr. Collection (2715) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27150000000

Approximately two linear feet of artwork, a journal, photographs and slides of the artwork, and two CDs containing family photos and images of the artwork. The artwork was done by Leland (Lee) Stanford Martin, Jr., as was the journal.
Collection: Leland Stanford Martin Jr. Collection

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Added: 20 Mar 2016 [Updated: 26 May 2016]

James E. Parker Collection (2760) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27600000000

One book, The Vietnam War: Its Ownself, James E. Parker, Jr., 2015.
Collection: James E. Parker Collection

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Added: 24 Apr 2016 [Updated: 02 May 2016]

Robert E. MacDonald Collection (2759) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27590000000

Approximately six linear feet of newspapers, periodicals, documents, newsletters and photographs donated to the archive by Anna Johnson. The material was collected by her brother Captain Robert E. MacDonald while he served in Saigon as an Army intelligence analyst. The material dates from 1965 to 1966.
Collection: Robert E. MacDonald Collection

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Added: 12 May 2016 [Updated: 02 Oct 2019]

John S. Kark Collection (2761) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27610000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents donated to the archive by John S. Kark. The documents include a unit history for the 73rd Aviation Company (Airplane Surveillance) (Light), and information about their 50th Anniversary reunion.
Collection: John S. Kark Collection

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Added: 21 Jul 2016 [Updated: 12 Aug 2016]

Charles N. Coleman Collection (2762) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27620000000

The collection consists of approximately half a linear foot of slides and documents donated to the archive by Charles N. Coleman. The slides were taken by Coleman during his service with the U.S. Army Engineer Construction Agency Vietnam (USAECAV) Provisional at Long Binh from June 1, 1969 through August 14, 1970. The slides show daily life in Long Binh, and they also reflect Coleman’s travels to Nha Trang, Qui Nhon, An Khe, Phu Bai, Dong Ha North, and Pleiku.

The collection also includes approximately one linear foot of books and military publications accumulated by Charles Coleman. The publications include Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh, Counterinsurgency Operations (FMFM 8-2), and Vietnam 10 Years Later: What Have We Learned? The materials are dated 1973-1990.
Collection: Charles N. Coleman Collection

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Added: 08 Aug 2016 [Updated: 05 Jan 2022]

Lewis O. Woodward, Jr. Collection (2763) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27630000000

Approximately one linear feet of books and newspaper clippings donated to the Archive by Lewis O. Woodward, Jr.
Collection: Lewis O. Woodward, Jr. Collection

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Added: 15 Aug 2016 [Updated: 15 Aug 2016]

Allen Huseby Collection (2764) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27640000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of documents and a DVD-ROM donated to the archive by Allen Huseby. The documents talk about his service with the 981st MP Company in Vietnam, and the DVD contains a slideshow of images from his time in Pleiku 1968.
Collection: Allen Huseby Collection

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Added: 16 Aug 2016 [Updated: 07 Mar 2017]

Kenneth Lee Defoe Collection (2765) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27650000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of audio recordings and poetry donated to the archive by Mary Defoe. The recordings are of her husband Kenneth Lee Defoe talking about his experiences in Vietnam serving with 199th Light Infantry Brigade 2nd Battalion 40th Artillery, C Battery from May 1967 through July 1969.
Collection: Kenneth Lee Defoe Collection

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Added: 18 Aug 2016 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]

James L. Haines Collection (2766) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27660000000

One annotated picto map used by James L. Haines during his service as an aerial observer/Forward Air Controller (FAC) with Sub Unit One 1st Anglico. Haines worked with the 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine Brigade at Hoi An, and the map shows their area of operations.
Collection: James L. Haines Collection

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Added: 18 Aug 2016 [Updated: 30 Aug 2016]

Clarence Lawrence Collection (2767) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27670000000

Twelve photographs taken by Clarence Lawrence during his service in Vietnam from February 1969 through February 1970. He served at Long Binh and held an MOS of Supply Sergeant and was later promoted to Master Sergeant
Collection: Clarence Lawrence Collection

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Added: 19 Aug 2016 [Updated: 04 Mar 2025]

Michael Casey Collection (2370) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 23700000000

Less than a quarter of a linear foot of a document and a book donated by Michael Casey. The collection contains The Saigon Warrior by Charles Moonjian, Jr. and Casey's notes on the book.
Collection: Michael Casey Collection

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Added: 08 Sep 2016 [Updated: 08 Sep 2016]

Allen R. Fitzpatrick Collection (2773) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27730000000

Collection: Allen R. Fitzpatrick Collection

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Added: 16 Sep 2016 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]

Lee Ellsworth Parke Collection (2774) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27740000000

Collection: Lee Ellsworth Parke Collection

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Added: 19 Sep 2016 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]

William E. Maynard Collection (2775) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27750000000

One letter donated to the archive by Joe Shekarabi. The letter is from William E. Maynard to his parents during his Vietnam tour with Company A, 459th Signal Battalion.
Collection: William E. Maynard Collection

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Added: 22 Sep 2016 [Updated: 21 Dec 2023]

John Taylor Collection (2776) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27760000000

The collection consists of approximately one linear foot of photocopied textual records, photographs, and electronic media documenting Dr. John Taylor's experience working at Minh Quy Hospital in Kontum, South Vietnam from 1971 to 1973. The materials include articles, memos and correspondence (including some letters in Vietnamese), Dr. Taylor's order to report for induction into the US Armed Forces, clippings, a pamphlet regarding work and business practices in Vietnam, a list of Minh Quy Hospital projects, a guide to John Taylor's oral history interview conducted with Vietnam Archive staff, a poem, maps, and map annotations. Correspondence subjects include Dr. Taylor's antiwar advocacy efforts, his struggle with the military draft, and his service at Minh Quy Hospital. Many of the documents include translations and other notes provided by Dr. Taylor. The materials date predominately from 1966 to 1975 and from 1997 to 2001.

The collection also includes CDs donated to the archive by Dr. John Taylor. The CDs contain scans of correspondence about Minh Quy Hospital written by Dr. Taylor and other volunteers and staff members of the hospital. The correspondence talks about the operations of the hospital, the staff's efforts to get support for the hospital, the movement of the hospital due to the dangers of war, and personal correspondence between Taylor and other hospital staff. The CD also contains photos taken by Dr. Taylor while volunteering at the hospital. These materials are dated 1971 through 1975.
Collection: John Taylor Collection
Association: Minh Quy Hospital

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Added: 22 Sep 2016 [Updated: 09 Feb 2024]

Larry J. Musson Collection (2780) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27800000000

Book titled Run Through the Jungle: Real Adventures in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade by Larry J. Musson and one white vase with a blue dragon design.
Collection: Larry J. Musson Collection

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Added: 28 Sep 2016 [Updated: 07 Feb 2017]

US Marine Corps History Division Oral History Collection (1097) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 10970000000

Approximately three linear feet of bound oral history interview transcripts and over 120 oral history interviews.
Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Oral History Collection

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Added: 11 Oct 2016 [Updated: 01 Oct 2019]

J. D. Coleman Collection (2770) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27700000000

The collection consists of approximately 7 linear feet of textual records, photographs, slides, artifacts, books, audio interviews, music records, serials, maps, floppy disks, and posters documenting J. D. Coleman's service in Vietnam as a Public Information Officer with the 1st Calvary Division between 1965 and 1970. It also includes materials collected by Coleman during the course of his research for his books: Incursion: From America's Chokehold on the NVA Lifelines to the Sacking of the Cambodian Sanctuaries; Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam; and Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War.

The collection has been arranged into three series: Projects, Personal Correspondence, and Reference.

Series 1 - Projects
The series consists of textual records used by Coleman in the process of his work on various projects. These include three military history books - Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam (1988), Incursion (1992), and Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War (2000); television documentaries about the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam; and a novel entitled South Georgia Blues. It also documents assistance Coleman provided to others such as providing material for another's magazine article, helping a veteran with a VA claim, and helping to produce a music record by Bill Ellis.

Items of note include Coleman’s article proposing the establishment of a US Army Branch of Information which he submitted to the Department of the Army (including staff comments on the article and correspondence regarding the article); research materials for Incursion, Coleman’s book on the Cambodian incursion (interview transcripts, interviewee curriculum vita; unit histories of the 1st Battalion 7th Calvary and the 2nd Battalion 12th Calvary in Cambodia; source biographies; contact information); notes and correspondence pertaining to the Cambodian incursion research of Keith Nolan; selections of Coleman’s books, including chapter outlines; biographical sketches of sources for Coleman’s books (e.g. Major General Harry Kinnard, Lieutenant General Richard Knowles); a translation of the combat order for the ambush at Plei Me by the NVA 32nd regiment; lists of correspondents in Vietnam (including those who have visited the 1st Cavalry Division); reviews of Coleman’s books, Incursion and Pleiku; hand-drawn map showing northern III Corps and VC positions along Cambodian border; a photocopy of Major Ned Baxter Ennis’ thesis (Charlie Black: the Ernie Pyle of the Vietnam War); a critique of the Pleiku manuscript by St. Martin’s Press with ideas for revision; DINFOS Bibliography of Theses and Reports Related to Military Information Activities (Volume II, June 1972) with marginalia; FM 100-5 Operations (Headquarters, Department of the Army; May 5, 1986) with marginalia; list of correspondents and U.S. Military Information Officers in Vietnam, with contact information (October 25, 1965); list of news media representatives visiting 1st ACD from 1967-1969; transcript from Coleman’s final radio broadcast on KQTE Missoula; Coleman’s concept paper for Secrets of War Episode 22: Hidden in Plain Sight; and a business plan for Coleman's recording company First Team Productions.

Series 2 - Personal Correspondence
The series consists of personal correspondence that Coleman wrote to his wife (Madeline Coleman) and his mother, as well as some letters he received from his children (Darrell, Shelly, Roger, Kathy, Michele) while in Vietnam. The series also includes miscellaneous letters from various friends and family members, as well as some documents pertaining to Coleman's family history.

Series 3 - Reference
The series consists of Coleman's reference records in the areas of his military service, his education, and his career. It also includes personal mementos, awards, and artwork.

Items of note include Coleman’s 201 File (e.g. DD Form 96; DD Form 1172; DD Form 214); memos regarding Coleman’s promotion to a Reserve Commissioned Officer of the Army; Coleman’s call to active duty; Coleman’s record of assignments; Coleman’s enlistment forms; memos regarding Coleman’s application and acceptance into the Information Officer program; Coleman’s preliminary examination for the designation of candidates for the United States Military Academy; Coleman’s evaluation reports; certificates (The Legion of Merit (First Oak Leaf Cluster), 1972; The Legion of Merit, 1970; The Air Medal, 1966; The Legion of Merit (Second Oak Leaf Cluster), 1979; US army retirement certificate, 1979; certificate of appreciation to Madeline Coleman on her husband’s US army retirement; Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Extraordinary Heroism); Coleman's high school transcript; military appointment and promotion documents (including Coleman's letter of appointment to the rank of Master Sergeant); certificate of achievement awarded to Madeline Coleman for her service as Volunteer Supervisor at the Fort McPherson Office of Army Community Service; Coleman’s Officer Evaluation Reports (July 1963 - June 1979); a photocopy of a scrapbook compiled by Dave Wolfe entitled One Year in Vietnam (featuring images of Coleman); and Coleman’s university transcripts.
Collection: J. D. Coleman Collection

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Added: 14 Oct 2016 [Updated: 20 Jul 2021]

Paul A. Curs Collection (2787) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27870000000

The collection consists of books written or edited by Colonel Paul Curs, as well as an oral history interview conducted with Colonel Curs.
Collection: Paul A. Curs Collection

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Added: 20 Oct 2016 [Updated: 22 Aug 2022]

Kenneth Woods Collection (2788) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27880000000

Collection: Kenneth Woods Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Added: 20 Oct 2016 [Updated: 21 Nov 2019]

John Whitehair Collection (2789) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 27890000000

Collection: John Whitehair Collection

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Added: 28 Oct 2016 [Updated: 10 Mar 2017]

Robert C. Meager Collection (2429) Finding Aid

Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 24290000000

The collection consists of approximately one linear foot of Daily Staff Journals and Unit Histories from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, January 1969 - July 1970.
Collection: Robert C. Meager Collection

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Added: 01 Feb 2017 [Updated: 20 Feb 2017]

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