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Green glass bottle with unidentified white powder

Museum Object Item Number: 038museum1701

[Number of Pages: 1]
Small green glass bottle filled with a powdery, white substance. It was originally possibly filled with a part of a finger and formaldehyde from a surgery conducted by Chapman while in Vietnam.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 14 Aug 2005 [Updated: 18 Nov 2013]

Dr. Chapman # 2

Moving Image Item Number: 038VI2003

[Number of Pages: 0]
This film begins at the 3rd Tactical Dispensary, where Dr. Calvin Chapman is treating a man's ear. We see medical supplies being loaded into a truck for a MEDCAP. Graphic scenes of general medical and dental procedures.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 14 Aug 2005 [Updated: 26 Apr 2016]

USAF 40279 R-2 Dr. Choate

Moving Image Item Number: 038VI2004

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Dr. Choate Multiple takes of Dr. Choate in conference and other scenes. A U-10A Helio Super Courier makes multiple passes overhead while air-dropping items to waiting Vietnamese below. A title card at the first of the film lists the camera work as being by Det #5, 1352 Photo Group. A card at the end identifies as the 352nd Photo Sq. Det C.
Item Creation Date: 09 January 1966
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 14 Aug 2005 [Updated: 26 Apr 2016]

First Aid for Fractures: The Thomas Leg Splint

Moving Image Item Number: 038VI2005

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This United States Navy training film was adopted for use by the Air Force. Shot by the Pathescope Company of America, Inc. MN 8184e 1955. Step-by-step instruction in the use of the Thomas Leg Splint as first aid for fractures of the leg.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 15 Aug 2005 [Updated: 26 Apr 2016]

The Yankee Escape System

Moving Image Item Number: 038VI2006

[Number of Pages: 0]
This film introduces the Yankee Escape System which was designed to extract pilot and co-pilot while in the 'Zero-Zero State,' which refers to 'zero altitude / zero airspeed.' The Yankee Escape System was a proprietary development of the Stanley Aviation Corporation and Talley Industries. Filmed at the US Navy Aerospace Recovery Facility.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 15 Aug 2005 [Updated: 26 Apr 2016]

Calvin Chapman Audio - I

Audio Item Number: 038AU1617

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[VNCA NOTE: Due to age of media, there was slight deterioration of volume. VNCA amplified the audio with software for an easier listening experience.]
[VNCA NOTE: VNCA removed 2:30 of blank tape at beginning of media from 038au1617b.]

038au1617a
Letter from wife, Mrs. Chapman to husband, (then Captain) Calvin Chapman, a U.S. Air Force member in Vietnam detailing life at home. Includes updates on family and friends, ideas for future shoulder boards, uniforms, and promotions, shopping trips with the children, the Aerospace Medical Association Journal, and visiting friends on a trip to Washington D.C.

038au1617b
Letter from family to (then Captain) Calvin Chapman. Tape is dated Sunday April 24th, at 12:30 and contains voice recordings from children Joe, Sam, Barbie, and Matt, talking about visiting Washington D.C., visiting family, and seeing Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument, the founding documents in the archives, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the Changing of the Guard. Children talk about visiting the Capitol, the Whitehouse, staying with aunt and uncle, playing with instruments in relative’s house, and visiting art gallery. Media also contains anecdotes from mom talking about Sunday service in church and driving around Washington D.C.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 15 Aug 2005 [Updated: 28 Jan 2025]

Cavlin Chapman Audio- II

Audio Item Number: 038AU1618

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[VNCA NOTE: Due to age of media, there was slight deterioration of volume. VNCA amplified the audio with software for an easier listening experience.]

038au1618a
Letter from wife, Mrs. Chapman to husband (then Captain) Calvin Chapman. Tape is dated on a Sunday, April 24th. Mrs. Chapman discusses a trip to Washington D.C. where the family went sightseeing, stayed with relatives, visited friends, and shares plans for the future.

038au1618b
Letter from Mrs. Chapman to husband (then Captain) Calvin Chapman. Mrs. Chapman discusses updates on family and friends, an incident with one of their sons, Matt, catching up with old friends while in town, plans to visit friends while travelling, Mrs. Chapman getting lost while travelling with the children, the children roasting marshmallows and camping with a friend, exchanging letters with friends, and being hosted by various friends while they visited.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 15 Aug 2005 [Updated: 25 Nov 2024]

Calvin Chapman Audio - III

Audio Item Number: 038AU1619

[Number of Pages: 0]
[VNCA NOTE: Due to age of media, there was slight deterioration of volume. VNCA amplified the audio with software for an easier listening experience.]

038au1619a
Letter from Mrs. Chapman to husband (then Captain) Calvin Chapman. Mrs. Chapman discusses running the household in her husband’s absence, updates on family members and their living situations, plans for traveling with children before next reporting dates, purchasing a house, accidently changing clocks wrong for daylight saving’s, purchasing new furniture for the next house, and well wishes.

038au1619b
Letter from Mrs. Chapman to husband (then Captain) Calvin Chapman. Mrs. Chapman discusses updates on family and neighbors, friends’ children being accepted into colleges, as well as packages and mail received by neighbors while the family was on their trip, including a new Lego set for the kids and a stereo system. She also talks about speaking to a Colonel in preparation for their next move, her husband’s future boss, and house hunting in San Antonio.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 15 Aug 2005 [Updated: 25 Nov 2024]

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