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Teodore E. Gutierrez Collection (098) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 0980000000
Teodore E. Gutierrez Collection (098) Finding Aid
Just over one linear foot of photographs, certificates, commendations, command chronologies, and medals document Teodoro E. Gutierrez's service as an Automatic Rifleman with the 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, December 17, 1974 - May 23, 1975. Most materials date from the 1970s.
Collection: Teodore E. Gutierrez Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 30 Sep 2019]
Don C. Hall Collection (099) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 0990000000
Don C. Hall Collection (099) Finding Aid
Just less than a linear foot of daily officer logs, books, after action reports, patrol operations and schedules document the service of Co. F 51st Long Range Patrol (Airborne) Infantry. Co. F (LRP) 51st Infantry was first commissioned at Camp Eagle, 20 November 1968, was deactivated in 1969 and its members were transferred to L Company, 75th Rangers. Materials are from 1967-1969.
Collection: Don C. Hall Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 15 Sep 2022]
Joel Halpern Collection (100) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1000000000
Joel Halpern Collection (100) Finding Aid
Four linear feet of newspaper articles, reports, studies, bibliographies, research documents and various primary sources document Joel Halpern's interest in post-war Southeast Asia, particularly in Laos. Some materials were authored by Halpern, some not, though the bulk of both sets of materials center on issues of refugees and cultural and social issues in Southeast Asia. A guide to the John M. Echols Collection at Cornell University is also included. Documents range in date from the war era up through the 1990s.
Collection: Joel Halpern Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 29 Aug 2010]
Reverend James Haney Collection (101) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1010000000
Reverend James Haney Collection (101) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of Navy orders, reports, correspondence, manuscript materials, handbooks, news articles and maps of Southeast Asia document Reverend James Haney's service as a Navy Chaplain, 1964-1972. The bulk of the documents are dated from the war era and include the following items of note: construction plans for building a church in Vietnam, a biography of Haney's friend Dang Ngoc Cang, a Vietnamese pastor, an evacuation handbook for 1975, and a memo on the My Lai #4 hamlet of Song My village.
Collection: Reverend James Haney Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 13 Feb 2023]
Craig Hannah Collection (102) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1020000000
Craig Hannah Collection (102) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of reports, briefs, and correspondence details issues related to the POW/MIA issue. Many documents are post-war and include a report by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Republican Staff from 1991 and materials on the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. A list of division advisors and materials on the 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division are also included.
Collection: Craig Hannah Collection
Association: Americal Division Veterans Association

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 02 Feb 2022]
William Hardwick Collection (103) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1030000000
William Hardwick Collection (103) Finding Aid
One manuscript, titled ^D<'Down South: One Tour in Vietnam, 9/27/68-10/15/69^D>' was written by William H. Hardwick about his service in Vietnam, 1968-1969.
Collection: William Hardwick Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 02 Mar 2006]
Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection (105) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1050000000
Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection (105) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of official orders, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, slides, photographs and museum artifacts document Richard C. Harris, Jr.'s service in Vietnam. Materials date from the war era up through the 1990s.
Collection: Richard C. Harris, Jr. Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]
John P. Heggers Collection (106) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 1060000000
John P. Heggers Collection (106) Finding Aid
One folder of a report, correspondence, photocopied and computer-generated photographs and a personnel list document John P. Heggers service with the 9th Medical Lab, activated 23 April 1968. Report and correspondence is from the war era, as is the Saigon facilities map. The photographs and program originate from the 9th Medical Lab's first reunion in August 1998.
Collection: John P. Heggers Collection
Association: 9th Medical Laboratory Association

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]
William Autrey Collection (370) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 3700000000
William Autrey Collection (370) Finding Aid
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.
Collection: William Autrey Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Mar 2017]
Anonymous Collection (#6) (415) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 4150000000
Anonymous Collection (#6) (415) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of miscellaneous materials relate to the Vietnam Council on Foreign Relations. Most materials date from the war period.
Collection: Anonymous Collection (#6)

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Added: 04 Dec 2001 [Updated: 23 Jul 2006]
James Holt Collection (587) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 5870000000
James Holt Collection (587) Finding Aid
DVD donated to the Vietnam Archive by James Holt with two songs by Jeffrey Deitelbaum with songs titled 'Say My Name' and 'Veteran's Song.'
Collection: James Holt Collection

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Added: 24 Oct 2007 [Updated: 30 Sep 2019]
Yen Huong Collection (1968) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19680000000
Yen Huong Collection (1968) Finding Aid

Collection: Yen Huong Collection

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Added: 24 Oct 2007 [Updated: 25 Oct 2007]
Peter Rollins Collection (909) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 9090000000
Peter Rollins Collection (909) Finding Aid
Photograph of Professor Nguyen Manh Hung from George Mason University. Pre-Production script for Rollins' first show on Vietnam titled 'Television's Vietnam: The Impact of Visual Images'
Collection: Peter Rollins Collection

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Added: 25 Oct 2007 [Updated: 11 Jun 2013]
Lap Minh Siu Collection (1961) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19610000000
Lap Minh Siu Collection (1961) Finding Aid
Less that one linear foot of material concerning Montagnards including a photocopied article from the San Jose Mecury News titled, 'American Dreams' and a photocopied booklet titled, 'Montagnards: Their History and Culture.'
Collection: Lap Minh Siu Collection

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Added: 28 Oct 2007 [Updated: 03 Apr 2011]
Lou Lantner Collection (2032) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20320000000
Lou Lantner Collection (2032) Finding Aid
Dog tag for a military dog from the 459th Veterinary Detachment donated to the Vietnam Archive by Lou Lantner.
Collection: Lou Lantner Collection

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Added: 29 Oct 2007 [Updated: 26 Feb 2008]
Richard E. Wood Collection (2040) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20400000000
Richard E. Wood Collection (2040) Finding Aid
Over two linear feet of materials, comprised of 975 slides and issues of the "Communicator" newspaper and "The Jagged Sword" magazine, both publications of the 1st Signal Brigade, and "Pacific Stars and Stripes" newspaper document Richard E. Wood's service in Vietnam as an information specialist with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade from November 1970 to July 1971.
Collection: Richard E. Wood Collection

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Added: 05 Nov 2007 [Updated: 02 Apr 2019]
William R. Wolf Collection (2014) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20140000000
William R. Wolf Collection (2014) Finding Aid

Collection: William R. Wolf Collection

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Added: 06 Nov 2007 [Updated: 06 Nov 2007]
James B. Clopton Collection (2038) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20380000000
James B. Clopton Collection (2038) Finding Aid
DVD slide show created by James Clopton is a companion DVD to the book Apprentices of War: Memoir of a Marine Grunt by Gary L. Tornes.
Collection: James B. Clopton Collection

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Added: 07 Nov 2007 [Updated: 31 Jul 2012]
Gordon Denniston Collection (2026) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20260000000
Gordon Denniston Collection (2026) Finding Aid
DVD contains film footage from Gordon Denniston's tour of duty in Vietnam in 1967 with the United State Special Forces (FOB - 2).
Collection: Gordon Denniston Collection

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Added: 07 Nov 2007 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
John W. Mountcastle Collection (2029) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20290000000
John W. Mountcastle Collection (2029) Finding Aid
One hundred and eleven slides document John Mountcastles's tours of duty in Vietnam in 1967 with B Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (changed to 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in August 1967) and on his second tour as an Advisor with MACV Advisory Team 3 with the 7th Armored Cavalry ARVN and later as a G3-Air Advisor with Headquarters, 1st ARVN Infantry Division (Sept. 1969 to Sept. 1970).
Collection: John W. Mountcastle Collection

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Added: 12 Nov 2007 [Updated: 14 Aug 2024]
Bertram G. Leach Collection (1984) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19840000000
Bertram G. Leach Collection (1984) Finding Aid
Less than one-quarter of a linear foot contains the Monthly Officer Roster for December 1967 for the 13th Combat Aviation Battallion, and a personal memoir of his Vietnam tour written by Bertram Leach.
Collection: Bertram G. Leach Collection

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Added: 14 Nov 2007 [Updated: 27 Mar 2019]
Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Collection (2031) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20310000000
Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Collection (2031) Finding Aid
Meeting Minutes from the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Business Meeting at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 19 May 2007.
Collection: Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Collection
Association: Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)

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Added: 14 Nov 2007 [Updated: 14 Nov 2007]
Tommy A. Odiorne (O.D.) Collection (1971) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19710000000
Tommy A. Odiorne (O.D.) Collection (1971) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of medal citations, identification cards, and two memoirs titled 'A Communications Guy's Involvement and a Perspective of the Vietnam War 1967-1976' and ' A Communications Guy Remebers, a More Indepth Addition' document Tommy A. Odiorne's service in the US Army Signal Corps in Thailand and Laos with DEPCHJUSMAGTHAI.
Collection: Tommy A. Odiorne (O.D.) Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood

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Added: 19 Nov 2007 [Updated: 13 May 2010]
George H. Mahon Collection (2043) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20430000000
George H. Mahon Collection (2043) Finding Aid
Summaries of major newspaper articles describing the Pentagon Papers from the Foreign Affairs Division of the Library of Congress.
Collection: George H. Mahon Collection

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Added: 28 Nov 2007 [Updated: 14 Feb 2008]
James L. Holloway, III Collection (2042) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20420000000
James L. Holloway, III Collection (2042) Finding Aid
Metal Elephant Ashtray given to Admiral James L. Holloway, III, USN (Ret.) by Rear Admiral Tran Van Chon, CNO of the Vietnamese Navy in 1973. The ashtray was transferred from the Naval Historical Foundation to the Vietnam Archive in October 2007.
Collection: James L. Holloway, III Collection

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Added: 29 Nov 2007 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
Nguyen Phuong Hieu Collection (2045) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20450000000
Nguyen Phuong Hieu Collection (2045) Finding Aid
Vietnamese language document donated to the Vietnam Archive by Nguyen Phuong Hieu.
Collection: Nguyen Phuong Hieu Collection

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Added: 02 Dec 2007 [Updated: 14 Feb 2008]
Christian L. Arevian Collection (2044) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20440000000
Christian L. Arevian Collection (2044) Finding Aid
Book titled A Conservative View of Vietnam by Christian L. Arevian discusses mistakes made by the United States during the Vietnam War from a conservative perspective.
Collection: Christian L. Arevian Collection

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Added: 04 Dec 2007 [Updated: 04 Dec 2007]
Ellie B. Underwood, Jr. Collection (1965) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19650000000
Ellie B. Underwood, Jr. Collection (1965) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot contains photographs, negatives, audiotape letters, and film document Ellie B. Underwoods, Jr.'s service in Vietnam, 1967-1968.
Collection: Ellie B. Underwood, Jr. Collection

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Added: 13 Dec 2007 [Updated: 30 May 2012]
Air Force Historical Research Collection (747) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 7470000000
Air Force Historical Research Collection (747) Finding Aid

Collection: Air Force Historical Research Collection

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Added: 15 Jan 2008 [Updated: 15 Jan 2008]
J. Robert Sawyer Collection (2039) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20390000000
J. Robert Sawyer Collection (2039) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of books comprise J. Robert Sawyer's collection. All materials date from post-war era.
Collection: J. Robert Sawyer Collection

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Added: 17 Jan 2008 [Updated: 17 Jan 2008]
Cao Van Vien Collection (2060) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20600000000
Cao Van Vien Collection (2060) Finding Aid
Draft revisions made to 'The Final Collapse' by General Cao Van Vien.
Collection: Cao Van Vien Collection

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Added: 24 Jan 2008 [Updated: 24 Jan 2008]
AC-119 Gunship Association Collection (2034) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20340000000
AC-119 Gunship Association Collection (2034) Finding Aid
Book titled The Son Tay Raid: American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten by John Gargus documents the planning and execution of the daring attempt to rescue American POWs in North Vietnam on 20 November 1970. The book argues that although the raiders failed to find the POWs and that many people considered the raid to be a failure; the operation shocked the North Vietnamese and caused them to give better treatment to the POWs. It also showed the POWs that they were not forgotten.
Collection: AC-119 Gunship Association Collection
Association: AC-119 Gunship Association

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Added: 24 Jan 2008 [Updated: 19 Apr 2012]
Ervin J. Fischer, Jr. Collection (2054) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20540000000
Ervin J. Fischer, Jr. Collection (2054) Finding Aid
Short story and printed photographs discuss Ervin J. Fischer, Jr.'s experiences as part of a C-130 crew during the Tet Offensive and the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968.
Collection: Ervin J. Fischer, Jr. Collection

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Added: 29 Jan 2008 [Updated: 29 Jan 2008]
Company E (LRP) and Company C (Ranger) Association, Inc. Collection (1203) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 12030000000
Company E (LRP) and Company C (Ranger) Association, Inc. Collection (1203) Finding Aid
Joseph J. Welsh's contribution to the Company E (LRP) and Company C (Ranger) Association, Inc. Collection consists of a DVD copy of a video tribute titled 'Some Gave All' produced by Joseph Welsh to the men from Company E (Long Range Patrol), 20th Infantry and Company C (Rangers), 75th Infantry who were killed in the Vietnam War. The music on the DVD is provided Kenny Thomas, who served with the 3rd Ranger Battalion in Somalia in 1993.
Collection: Company E (LRP) and Company C (Ranger) Association, Inc. Collection
Association: Company E (LRP) and Company C (Ranger) Association, Inc.

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Added: 04 Feb 2008 [Updated: 14 Dec 2022]
Shirleen Smith Reese Collection (2063) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20630000000
Shirleen Smith Reese Collection (2063) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of handwritten and audiotape letters written to Shirleen Smith (Shirleen Reese) from her friend Roy E. Hammond while he was with the 48th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter) in Vietnam in 1970.
Collection: Shirleen Smith Reese Collection

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Added: 10 Feb 2008 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
Ron Siegfried Collection (2050) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20500000000
Ron Siegfried Collection (2050) Finding Aid
Slides document Ron Siegfried's service in Vietnam, 1968-1969 and 1970-1971.
Collection: Ron Siegfried Collection
Association: C-7A Caribou Association

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Added: 13 Feb 2008 [Updated: 09 Nov 2009]
Scott Swett Collection (2053) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20530000000
Scott Swett Collection (2053) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of books comprises Scott Swett's donation to the Vietnam Archive.
Collection: Scott Swett Collection

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Added: 18 Feb 2008 [Updated: 18 Feb 2008]
Edwin Lausell Collection (2048) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20480000000
Edwin Lausell Collection (2048) Finding Aid
A copy of the February 1971 issue of the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry's publication The Gimlet; an in-country processing manual for the 381st Replacement Company, 90th Replacement Battalion; and other ephemeral material collected by Edwin Lausell during his service in Vietnam with Americal Division.
Collection: Edwin Lausell Collection
Association: Americal Division Veterans Association

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Added: 19 Feb 2008 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
Michael Banek Collection (1986) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19860000000
Michael Banek Collection (1986) Finding Aid
Eleven reels of Super 8 mm film from Michael Banek's service in the Vietnam War.
Collection: Michael Banek Collection
Association: 174th Assault Helicopter Company Association

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Added: 21 Feb 2008 [Updated: 06 Apr 2020]
John H. McCool Collection (2046) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20460000000
John H. McCool Collection (2046) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot of books document John H. McCool's experience with the Vietnam conflict. All materials date from the post-war era. The collection includes books published by the Combat studies Institute Press at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas which document subjects on the Vietnam War and the Global War on Terror.
Collection: John H. McCool Collection

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Added: 25 Feb 2008 [Updated: 25 Feb 2008]
William H. Harper Collection (2047) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20470000000
William H. Harper Collection (2047) Finding Aid
Copy of William H. Harper's DD-214 documents his career in the United States Army.
Collection: William H. Harper Collection

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Added: 25 Feb 2008 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
Edward Rasen Collection (591) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 5910000000
Edward Rasen Collection (591) Finding Aid
DVD set titled Vietnam War Secrets is a ten hour documentary series written and produced by Edward Rasen that illustrates many of the classified secrets behind the Vietnam War.
Collection: Edward Rasen Collection

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Added: 27 Feb 2008 [Updated: 03 Mar 2025]
Larry Fraser Collection (1975) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 19750000000
Larry Fraser Collection (1975) Finding Aid
Approximately half a linear foot of safety manuals, articles, and correspondence from Larry Fraser to his wife Glenna Fraser while he served as a helicopter pilot with HMM-364 (United States Marine Corps) in Vietnam from August 1965 to September 1966.
Collection: Larry Fraser Collection
Association: Air America Association

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Added: 04 Mar 2008 [Updated: 20 Jun 2023]
Marshall Paul Collection (881) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 8810000000
Marshall Paul Collection (881) Finding Aid
Less than one linear foot contains lists of weapons and equipment captured since 19 January 1970 by the 3rd Mobile Strike Force Command during Operation Bull Run II in AO Apache.
Collection: Marshall Paul Collection

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Added: 05 Mar 2008 [Updated: 30 Sep 2019]
Carson Pontius Collection (2090) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20900000000
Carson Pontius Collection (2090) Finding Aid
Wooden sign placed at the men's room at the Cholon AZ in Saigon donated to the Vietnam Archive by Carson Pontius.
Collection: Carson Pontius Collection

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Added: 20 Apr 2008 [Updated: 05 Jan 2010]
Ed Moffitt Collection (2074) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20740000000
Ed Moffitt Collection (2074) Finding Aid
Two letters from Ed Moffitt to The Wall Street Journal and Walter Cronkite in 1998 and 2008, respectively. Also included is a photocopy of Moffitt's letter toThe Wall Street Journal in the Letters to the Editor section of The Wall Street Journal. The letter asks why there was no media outrage toward Ho Chi Minh as there was against Pol Pot.
Collection: Ed Moffitt Collection

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Added: 04 May 2008 [Updated: 14 Apr 2014]
Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA) Collection (1849) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 18490000000
Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA) Collection (1849) Finding Aid
The Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association Collection contains 156 linear feet of immigration applications, correspondence, speeches, meeting notes, financial and legal records, printed materials, and other administrative records that document the activities of the Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA), a non-profit organization active from 1977-1999 in campaigning for the release of re-education camp prisoners in Vietnam. The records document not only the activities of the FVPPA, but also the individual stories of over 12,000 applicants for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Orderly Departure Program (ODP). The collection is arranged in six series: ODP Applications, Office Files, Resettlement Files, Master Lists of Applicants, Restricted/Reserved Files, and Oversized Documents.

The application files contained documents proving eligibility for immigration to the U.S. through the ODP. These records include: ODP application forms, sponsor letters, prisoner

release documents, personal letters, photos, copies of identification papers, birth, marriage, and death records, educational certificates, military records, and other relevant documents. Also found in the collection are the FVPPA’s extensive correspondence with government officials, political leaders, non-profit human rights organizations and others, including: President Ronald Reagan, President George H. W. Bush, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for Refugees Robert L. Funseth, Orderly Departure Program Director Martha Sardinas, the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau for Refugee Programs, the Embassy of the United States of America in Bangkok, Thailand, Amnesty International, Staff Consultant for the Subcommittee on Asian & Pacific Affairs Eric Schwartz, Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Senator John McCain, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Senator John Kerry, Senator Bob Dole, the Department of Social and Health Services for the State of Washington, and Thailand refugee camp president Ngo Suu.

In its work on behalf of political prisoners and refugees, the FVPPA undertook a variety of activities. Their public awareness program sought to collect and disseminate pertinent information on the needs of Vietnamese political prisoners and their families. An outreach program sought to establish a case file for every prisoner and his or her immediate family in order to assist the eligible persons with their immigration from Vietnam to the United States or other countries in the world. The FVPPA also acted as an information center for recent immigrants, providing resettlement information and assistance as well as aiding in family reunification. They maintained correspondence and held meetings with several politicians, government agencies and officials, and human rights organizations.

Provenance of the collection
In 2004, members of the FVPPA reorganized and formed the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation (VAHF). In June of 2005, VAHF donated to Texas Tech University’s Vietnam Archive 135-linear-feet of documents created and collected by the FVPPA. The records had been stored for many years in Austin, Texas. After their shipment by freight truck to Lubbock, approximately 19 linear feet of documents received treatment for mold growth.

Arrangement of collection
There appeared to be no original order or recognizable filing system to the records of the FVPPA Collection (VAHF) when it arrived at the Vietnam Archive. To give the collection order and make it accessible to researchers, the collection was divided into six series: ODP Applications, Office Files, Resettlement Files, Master Lists of Applicants, Oversized Documents, and Restricted/Reserved Files.

Series 1 - ODP Application Files Introduction
At a total of 117 linear feet of documents, the ODP Applications are the largest group of files in the collection. They are arranged alphabetically and contain individual documents that date from 1905 to 1999. ODP Applications has one subgroup: ODP Correspondence.

The individual documents found in the Applications Files Series range from 1905 to 2001. The documents include: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Orderly Departure Program applications, Letters of Introduction (LOI) from ODP applicants and/or their sponsors, Vietnamese political prisoners’ Certificate of Release from re-education camp,

personal letters, letters from family members, letters from sponsors, photos of applicants and family members, copies of passports, copies of exit visas, copies of Vietnamese identification cards, Residency and Household Members List from an ODP applicant’s local Vietnamese Police Department, marriage, birth, and death certificates, educational certificates, military training certificates, military awards, professional training certificates, letters of recommendation for jobs, humanitarian operation (HO) papers, copies of Alien Resident Cards, copies of Social Security cards, and medical records. When necessary, personal information such as Social Security numbers and/or medical information has been removed to the restricted series (Series 6), and sanitized copies of documents included in the original files.

Notes about Vietnamese names
The names of the applicants are written in the Vietnamese order, which is opposite the American order. For example, the American President John Quincy Adams would be written Adams Quincy John in the Vietnamese order.

If the applicant has a known alias it is noted on the file. For example, Nguyen Van Be has an alias of Pham Van Be. His file would be marked Nguyen Van Be a.k.a. Pham Van Be.

Nguyen is the most common surname/family/last name. Dang, Do, Ngo, Pham, Phan, Le, Luong, Tran, Truong, Trinh, Vo, and Vu are also common surname/family/last names in the collection. Van is the most common middle name, followed by Thi and Minh. Thi is almost always a female’s middle name. I & Y are the same, interchangeable when after a consonant. Qui is the same as Quy. Quy is the older generations preference, whereas Qui is the younger’s. Si is the same as Sy. When reading the documents, it is helpful to know these two common abbreviations for names: Ng=Nguyen, and T=Thi or Thuy. If it looks like Cr, it is TR. R almost never follows C. What looks like an S or G can be an H. D with a line under it is a P.

Series 1-Arrangement
The name of the principal applicant is the name given on the file. For example, Nguyen Van Be, a former Vietnamese political prisoner, is applying for his family to immigrate to the U.S. through the ODP. His list of family members includes his wife Pham Thi Phuong, his son Nguyen Ngoc Be, and his father Nguyen Ngo Be. Nguyen Van Be’s name will be the one listed on the file. If, however, Nguyen Van Be’s wife was also a Vietnamese political prisoner or a U.S. employee, her name will also appear on the file, for she too has status and qualifies as a principal applicant under ODP. The order of the two names on the file is determined alphabetically. If the widow of a principal applicant applies, the file is listed with her name first, followed by that of her deceased husband. If the children of a principal applicant are orphans when they apply, the file is listed under the names of the children.

Application files for individuals having the same name are arranged by date of birth. The oldest applicant is followed by the next oldest and so on until the youngest applicant with that name is reached. The birth date is written in the American order. Vietnamese write the date by day-month-year. January 11, 1959 is 11-1-1959 in Vietnamese order. Please keep in mind when looking for a particular applicant’s file that the order of the birth date may accidentally be written in the wrong order. Moreover, applicants sometimes changed their birth date multiple times, and even changed their names.


The ODP Applications Files range from 1985-1999. The majority of ODP Application forms were filled out in 1989-1994, after the July 30, 1989 signing of the American-Vietnamese agreement allowing former re-education camp prisoners and their families to resettle in the
U.S. Another large group of ODP applications were filled out in 1996-1999 after the McCain Amendment (Section 595 H.R. 3540), which allowed children over the age of 21 of former re- education camp prisoners to immigrate to the U.S., was enacted in July, 1996. An ODP Application form contains: the name and birthday of the applicant; the IV and VEWL number of the applicant, which served as an ID for the Embassy of the U.S. in Bangkok, Thailand; the Vietnamese address of the ODP applicant; the birthday and contact information of the applicant’s sponsor; the contact information of the closest relative(s) or acquaintance(s) of the ODP applicant in the U.S. and Vietnam; the relationship between the sponsor and the ODP applicant; the military rank or U.S. employee position of the applicant; the names, addresses, and birthdays of the family members the applicant wished to have emigrate with them; and the dates and names of the re-education camp(s) in which the applicant was incarcerated.

Subseries 2 - ODP Correspondence
The ODP Correspondence subseries consists of one linear foot of files ranging from 1989-1999 of ODP applicants who are unnamed. The applicant’s sponsor or family member wrote a letter but did not name the applicant. Like the ODP applications, the ODP Correspondence files are arranged alphabetically. The files are arranged by the name of the sponsor or family member of the unnamed applicant. Those files having the same name are arranged by date of birth.

Series 2 - General Office Files
Consisting of 35 linear feet of documents that range form 1981 to 2002, the General Office Files is the second largest series in the collection. Office files are divided into five subseries: Correspondence; Events and Speeches; Organizational Meetings; Financial, Legal and Employee Records; and Printed Materials. These documents provide information on the purpose, mission, and activities of the FVPPA. Through these files a researcher can learn how the FVPPA achieved its four major accomplishments:

• The July 30, 1989 signing of the American-Vietnamese agreement allowing former re- education camp prisoners and their families to resettle in the U.S.
• The release of the 100 longest held political prisoners.
• The McCain Amendment which allowed children over of the age of 21 of former re- education camp prisoners to immigrate to the U.S. (Section 595 H.R. 3540, enacted in July 1996, considered by conference committee in September of 1996.)
• The abolition of the mandatory requirement that former Vietnamese political prisoners have six months trade and English training in Philippines before entering the U.S.
Subseries 1 - Correspondence
Office Correspondence is the largest subseries of the Office Files Series and contains sixteen linear feet of documents. This subseries is divided into two subgroups, Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence. At nine linear feet, Office Correspondence-Incoming is the larger

of these two groups and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the sender. These files cover the 1980s and 1990s, with the bulk being in the 1990s. Office Correspondence-Outgoing contains seven linear feet of documents and is arranged chronologically by year and then by month. Office Correspondence-Outgoing covers 1982-2001. Notable correspondents include: President Ronald Reagan, President George H. W Bush, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau for Refugees Robert L. Funseth, Orderly Departure Program Director Martha Sardinas, Staff Consultant of the Subcommittee on Asian & Pacific Affairs Eric Schwartz, Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Senator John McCain, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Senator John Kerry, Senator Bob Dole, and Thailand Refugee Camp President Ngo Suu.
Subseries 2 - Office Events and Speeches
The Office Events and Speeches subseries contains three linear feet of records documenting the events held by, and attended by, the FVPPA, as well as various speeches given by its president and co-founder Khuc Minh Tho, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau for Refugees Robert L. Funseth, and various other VIPs. These files are arranged chronologically and cover 1982-1999, but have no records for the years 1983 and 1997. The bulk of the records are from the FVPPA’s two annual events: The Annual Freedom Reunion Picnic, and the Annual Awards Dinner and Culture Show, also called the Unity and Reunion Dinner. The FVPPA’s events helped to raise money and public awareness, and honored those individuals and VIPs who had contributed to the FVPPA’s mission and cause.

Subseries 3 - Organizational Meetings
The Office Organizational Meetings subseries contains three linear feet of records documenting the FVPPA’s meetings and contacts. The files are arranged chronologically and cover 1984-1998. The records contain board meeting notes, memos, agendas, lists of attendees, minutes from meetings with U.S. government officials, printed and hand written lists of contacts, and hand written notes about meetings and trips. Notable files include: an Agenda
& Summary of the Issues of the Meeting with the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in New York City, April 14, 1989; notes from the Coordinating Committee for the Reception of Vietnamese Political Prisoners “Welcome & Task Force,” 1989-1990; notes on the abolition of the requirement of former Vietnamese political prisoners having to go to Bataan, Philippines before coming to the U.S., 1992-1993; and notes detailing a meeting with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, August 30, 1995.

Subseries 4 - Financial, Legal, and Employee Records
At two linear feet, the Office Financial, Legal, and Employee Records subseries is the smallest of the Office Files Series. These files are arranged chronologically and cover 1981-1999, but are missing the records for the years 1982 and 1983. The bulk of these files are the annual membership and sponsorship donations and fees. There are only five files pertaining to employee records.

Subseries 5 - Printed Materials
Printed Materials is the last of the Office subseries and contains ten linear feet of documents. These files are arranged chronologically and cover 1976-2002. Printed Materials is divided into two subgroups: Printed Materials Not Created by the FVPPA, and Printed Materials Created by the FVPPA. The Printed Materials Not Created by the FVPPA files contains seven

linear feet of records that range from 1976-2002, but is missing the years: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2000, and 2001. These files contain various periodicals, journals, including: Vietnamese- American beauty magazines, Vietnamese newspaper articles, American newspapers in English and Vietnamese, Congressional Records, Vietnam Human Rights Watch, and even The National Enquirer. Printed Materials Created by the FVPPA contains three linear feet of records that range from 1989-1999, but is missing the years: 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1993.
These files contain the FVPPA’s informational and promotional materials, including: annual yearbooks, FVPPA’s newsletters, and the FVPPA’s brochures.

Series 3 - Resettlement Files
The Resettlement Files Series consists of one linear foot of records of former Vietnamese political prisoners and their families that the FVPPA helped resettle in the U.S. The files are arranged alphabetically and cover the 1990s. These records document the FVPPA’s assistance to former Vietnamese political prisoners and their families in obtaining housing, employment, transportation, medical care, and state assistance. These records contain copies of resettled immigrants’ ODP applications, and all receipts and paperwork involved in assisting former Vietnamese political prisoners in the U.S.

Series 4 - Master Lists of Applicants
The Master Lists of Applicants Series contains one linear foot of documents arranged chronologically, covering the years 1985, 1988, 1989, and undated files. Master List files contain copies of applications, checks, and sponsorship forms. These records helped the FVPPA to keep track of membership and sponsorship donations, contact information of sponsors, and to make lists of former re-education camp prisoners.

Series 5 - Oversized Documents
Consisting of only two files in one large flat box, Oversized Documents is the smallest of all series and is arranged alphabetically. The first file contains military awards removed from the ODP Application file of Nguyen Van Cong (3/15/1940). The second file contains a proclamation from President George H. W. Bush.

Series 6 - Restricted/Reserved
The Restricted/Reserved series contains two linear feet of records arranged alphabetically. This series consists of individual documents removed from Series 1-5 containing medical information and Social Security numbers. These files are not open for researchers. When possible, sanitized copies of documents were returned to the original files, and in all cases a note was place in the file indicating information had been removed.

Collection: Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association (FVPPA) Collection
Association: Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation

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Patrick J. Honey Collection (2088) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20880000000
Patrick J. Honey Collection (2088) Finding Aid
Thirty-six photographs depict Communist atrocities in South Vietnam.
Collection: Patrick J. Honey Collection

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William Stuart Morgan, Jr. Collection (2072) Finding Aid
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William Stuart Morgan, Jr. Collection (2072) Finding Aid
Memoirs document William Stuart Morgan, Jr.'s tours of duty in Vietnam from 1965-1966 with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (HMM-163) and from 1968-1969 with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 542 (VMFA-542). A poem and related items are also included.
Collection: William Stuart Morgan, Jr. Collection

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Ruth Gertrude Hansen Collection (2097) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 20970000000
Ruth Gertrude Hansen Collection (2097) Finding Aid
Letter from Ruth Gertrude Hansen, an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, to her niece Christine Hansen describes her experiences in Saigon the day of the successful coup against Ngo Dinh Diem, 2 November 1963.
Collection: Ruth Gertrude Hansen Collection

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