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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA000938
  • VA000938
[Number of Pages: 1]
The C-47 (commonly referred to as the Gooney Bird) is a Douglas Aircraft that transports cargo and personnel.
Item Creation Date: 13 June 1962
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 24 Apr 2019]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065321
  • VA065321
[Number of Pages: 1]
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Donor Caption Description: C-47D Gooney Bird over base
Donor Caption Location: Phan Rang AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1968-12-31
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 14 Oct 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065715
  • VA065715
[Number of Pages: 1]
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Donor Caption Description: AIC Paul Minert hitching a ride on the 35 TFW base flt C-47
Yes identical twins were stationed together and we both caught a ride on the same Gooney Bird
Donor Caption Location: RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1969-03-14
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 30 Oct 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
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Flight Journal (Air Age Publications) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 1095Serial271535
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[Number of Pages: 92]
Features
Armed with a Red Cross – Dust-Off Tactics in Vietnam by Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, U.S. Army (Ret.)
SS Mayaguez – The Last Battle of Vietnam by Ric Hunter
Down there Amongst Them – A Spad Pilot’s Story by Byron Hukee
T-28 Sortie – A Raven’s Tale by Karl Polifka
Man on the Run – Roger Locher’s Rescue from North Vietnam by Jeff Ethell and Alfred Price
Cojones de Bronce – Flying on Fumes Over the Tonkin Gulf by Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Treetop Warfare – A Bird Dog FAC in Raven Territory by Karl Polifka
Dragon Tales – A Supersonic Pilot Takes on the Gooney Bird Gunship by Ed Frey, Col., USAF (Ret.)
Vietnam Prison Raid – A Gallant Attempt to Rescue American POWs by John Waresh

Columns
Vietnam Air War Contributors
Editorial by Budd Davisson
In the Theater – Fighting Falcons F-4J by Robert S. DeGroat
In the Theater – A-7D Sluf by Warren E. Thompson
Tailview – The Stuff of Legends by Rear Adm. Paul T. Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Issue Information: Vietnam Air War : The Best of Flight Journal, Special Collector's Edition
Item Creation Date: Winter 2002
Collection: Laos War Documentary Project Collection
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Added: 29 Jun 2005 [Updated: 07 Jul 2026]
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Gooney Bird Still Flying
Document Item Number: 2250207047
  • 2250207047
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 01 December 1985
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 27 Jan 2003 [Updated: 27 Jan 2003]
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  • F031100141146
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 18 Nov 2012 [Updated: 18 Nov 2012]
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  • F031100140896
[Number of Pages: 9]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 11 Nov 2012 [Updated: 14 Nov 2012]
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  • 2132302047
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 17 April 1973
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 02 Apr 2007 [Updated: 02 Apr 2007]
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DC-3 Contribution to Civil Aviation in Vietnam
Document Item Number: 2250101001
  • 2250101001
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 1962
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 29 Sep 2002 [Updated: 30 Sep 2002]
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  • 13550403008
[Number of Pages: 2]
Author(s): Glen Golightly
Item Creation Date: 15 April 1985
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 19 Mar 2012 [Updated: 19 Mar 2012]
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Flight Journal (Air Age Publications) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 1974Serial614098
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[Number of Pages: 92]
Features
Armed with a Red Cross – Dust-Off Tactics in Vietnam by Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, U.S. Army (Ret.)
SS Mayaguez – The Last Battle of Vietnam by Ric Hunter
Down there Amongst Them – A Spad Pilot’s Story by Byron Hukee
T-28 Sortie – A Raven’s Tale by Karl Polifka
Man on the Run – Roger Locher’s Rescue from North Vietnam by Jeff Ethell and Alfred Price
Cojones de Bronce – Flying on Fumes Over the Tonkin Gulf by Rear Adm. Paul Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Treetop Warfare – A Bird Dog FAC in Raven Territory by Karl Polifka
Dragon Tales – A Supersonic Pilot Takes on the Gooney Bird Gunship by Ed Frey, Col., USAF (Ret.)
Vietnam Prison Raid – A Gallant Attempt to Rescue American POWs by John Waresh

Columns
Vietnam Air War Contributors
Editorial by Budd Davisson
In the Theater – Fighting Falcons F-4J by Robert S. DeGroat
In the Theater – A-7D Sluf by Warren E. Thompson
Tailview – The Stuff of Legends by Rear Adm. Paul T. Gillcrist, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Issue Information: Collectors' Edition - The Best of Flight Journal: Vietnam Air War
Item Creation Date: Winter 2002
Collection: W. Howard Plunkett Collection
Association: Society of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)
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Added: 27 Aug 2024 [Updated: 07 Jul 2026]
  • 16940101001
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 11 November 2005
Collection: Stephen C. McDaniel Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 30 Nov 2005 [Updated: 09 Apr 2013]
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  • 1071810002

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[Number of Pages: 34]
Item Creation Date: 1 September 1967
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 19 Sep 2018 [Updated: 25 Oct 2019]
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  • 13550405008
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 22 Mar 2012 [Updated: 22 Mar 2012]
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  • 2283710037
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: October 1995
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Veterans
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Added: 11 Nov 2004 [Updated: 11 Nov 2004]
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SITREP [1ST MARINES]
Document Item Number: 1201017290
  • 1201017290
[Number of Pages: 0030]
1st Marines
Item Creation Date: 05 September 1966
Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection
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  (USMC Unit Index)
Added: 30 Nov 2004 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
  • 3670909006
[Number of Pages: 13]
Author(s): William H. Sullivan
Item Creation Date: [1984]
Collection: George J. Veith Collection
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Added: 06 Jun 2004 [Updated: 24 Apr 2019]
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Tough war, Tough bird-- The gooney
Document Item Number: 2250106019
  • 2250106019
[Number of Pages: 12]
Item Creation Date: 12 May 1965
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 15 Oct 2002 [Updated: 15 Oct 2002]
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  • 2131405088
[Number of Pages: 1]
Author(s): Robert B Semple Jr
Item Creation Date: 09 June 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 08 Mar 2005 [Updated: 08 Mar 2005]
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Letter to Family 13 February 1966
Document Item Number: 0380108053
  • 0380108053
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 13 February 1966
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 14 Feb 2002 [Updated: 14 Feb 2002]
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  • 1070323010
[Number of Pages: 11]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 03 Jun 2002 [Updated: 19 Mar 2020]
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  • 11272212031
[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: 28 June 1995
Collection: Garnett Bell Collection
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Added: 10 Jun 2012 [Updated: 10 Jun 2012]
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  • 13550404021

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[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Hap Harris
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 21 Mar 2012 [Updated: 21 Mar 2012]
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  • 2130315001
[Number of Pages: 39]
Item Creation Date: 01 December 1963
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 18 Dec 2002 [Updated: 18 Dec 2002]
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Ottumwa - Air Progress - Magazine Article
Document Item Number: 19290107041
  • 19290107041
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: January 1969
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 15 Sep 2021 [Updated: 15 Sep 2021]
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Interview with Steve Francis
Oral History Item Number: OH1126
  • OH1126

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In this interview Steve Francis discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force. Francis served as an aircraft mechanic with the 311th Air Commando Squadron, February 1966 to January 1967, and with the 458th TAS, October 1970 to March 1971.
Item Creation Date: 24 November 2020
Collection: Steve Francis Collection
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Added: 07 Jan 2021 [Updated: 04 Dec 2023]
Interview with George Thatcher
Oral History Item Number: OH0196
  • OH0196
  • OH0196

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[Number of Pages: 36]
(USAF) Dr. George Thatcher was drated into the Air Force in 1951. In 1957 he entered OCS to go through pilot training and graduated in 1960. Dr. Thatcher became a B-52 pilot and from 1965 to 1966 he flew Arc Light missions out of Guam and into Vietnam. In 1969 Dr. Thatcher returned to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base in 1969 through 1970 to fly the Douglas Destroyer. Interview conducted by Jonathan Bernstein.
Author(s): Jonathan Bernstein
Item Creation Date: 15 November 2001
Collection: George R. Thatcher Collection
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Added: 21 Aug 2002 [Updated: 07 Oct 2009]
Interview with Frederick S. Beck
Oral History Item Number: OH0687
  • OH0687
  • OH0687

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[Number of Pages: 1]
Fred Beck served in Vietnam as a helicopter gunship pilot with 2/20th Aerial Rocket Artillery Battalion from August of 1965 until August of 1966. During this time period Beck participated in the Battle of the Ia Drang as well as the Battle to save the Plei Me Special Forces Camp. Beck returned to Vietnam in August of 1968 as a pilot in the 1st Aviation Battalion of the First Infantry Divison.
Author(s): Stewart, Jason
Item Creation Date: 20 April 2009
Collection: Mr. Frederick S. Beck Collection
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Added: 28 Apr 2009 [Updated: 09 Feb 2018]
Magazine Article - Spooky: Dragon in the Sky
Document Item Number: 0690110001
  • 0690110001
[Number of Pages: 7]
Author(s): Lawrence M. Greenberg
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Richard (Dick) Detra Collection
Association: 188th Assault Helicopter Company Association
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Added: 18 Oct 2009 [Updated: 06 Jan 2010]
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Air America - source unknown - Book Excerpt
Document Item Number: 22920329026
  • 22920329026
[Number of Pages: 6]
Author(s): Christopher Robbins
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Larry Woodson Collection
Association: Air America Association
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Added: 04 Sep 2018 [Updated: 04 Sep 2018]
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The Air War
Document Item Number: 2250213062
  • 2250213062
[Number of Pages: 6]
Item Creation Date: November 1970
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 04 Mar 2003 [Updated: 13 Apr 2003]
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  • 23220109002
[Number of Pages: 8]
Author(s): Edward F. Roberts
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Michael Lemish Collection
Association: Vietnam Dog Handler Association
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Added: 19 Apr 2011 [Updated: 19 Apr 2011]
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  • 15250112002
[Number of Pages: 6]
Item Creation Date: 15 November 1963
Collection: Ogden Williams Collection
Association: USOM/Office of Rural Affairs, Saigon
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Added: 26 Mar 2006 [Updated: 26 Mar 2006]
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[Number of Pages: 100]
Author(s): Lou Drendel
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 13 Oct 2002 [Updated: 09 Aug 2024]
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Interview with Frank Stone, III
Oral History Item Number: OH0150
  • OH0150
  • OH0150

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[Number of Pages: 57]
(USAF) Frank Stone served with the United States Air Force in Vietnam from October 1968 until October 1969. He served as an O-2 pilot and Night Forward Air Controller with the 19th and 20th TASS at Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam. He helped direct fire from Spooky, Shadow, and Spectre gunships in III CTZ.
Author(s): Kim Sawyer
Item Creation Date: 21 March 2001
Collection: Frank Stone III Collection
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Added: 21 Aug 2002 [Updated: 04 Feb 2008]
Short Story - 'Jolly Holliday'
Document Item Number: 13550213008
  • 13550213008

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[Number of Pages: 21]
Author(s): Col. Lester G. Frazier, USAF, Ret.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 13 Feb 2012 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
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Interview with Bill Sparks
Oral History Item Number: OH0781
  • OH0781
  • OH0781

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[Number of Pages: 127]
In this interview, Bill Sparks describes his experiences as an F-105 pilot. Sparks served two tours in Southeast Asia. In the first, he flew missions over Hanoi with the 23rd TFW in 1965. In the second, he flew as a Wild Weasel with the 355th TFW until he was injured after being shot down over North Vietnam in December of 1967.
Author(s): Jason Stewart
Item Creation Date: 8 June 2010
Collection: Bill Sparks Collection
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Added: 28 Jun 2010 [Updated: 17 Jul 2024]
[Number of Pages: 77]
Author(s): Alan P. Armstrong
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Anonymous Collection (#5)
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Added: 18 Oct 2001 [Updated: 12 Mar 2024]
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Interview with Eugene Kennedy
Oral History Item Number: OH0689
  • OH0689
  • OH0689

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[Number of Pages: 56]
In this interview Gene Kennedy describes his 25 year career as an officer in the United States Air Force. During the Vietnam War, he served as a C-130 pilot with the 6091st Recon Squardon from April of 1969 to March of 1970. Towards the end of his career, from 1978 to 1980, Kennedy served as the director for the Remotely Piloted Vehicle Programs (RPV), which was a forerunner to the Predator Unmanned Aircraft System.
Author(s): Jason Stewart
Item Creation Date: 22 April 2009
Collection: Eugene Kennedy Collection
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Added: 28 Apr 2009 [Updated: 15 Feb 2018]
[Number of Pages: 72]
Author(s): Lieutenant Colonel Till and Major Thomas
Item Creation Date: 16 February 1973
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 15 Nov 2012 [Updated: 15 Nov 2012]
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  • 1071810001

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[Number of Pages: 65]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 18 Sep 2018 [Updated: 26 Sep 2018]
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The Observer (Information Office, U.S. MACV) - Newspaper - Saigon
Newspaper Item Number: 2835Newspaper615015
  • 2835Newspaper615015
[Number of Pages: 12]
Volume: 9
Issue: 48
Item Creation Date: 01 April 1971
Collection: Richard Volkmer Collection
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Added: 23 Sep 2022 [Updated: 27 Apr 2023]
COMMAND CHRONOLOGY (1 OF 2) [3D BN 1ST MARINES]
Document Item Number: 1201021052
  • 1201021052
[Number of Pages: 0195]
3D BN 1ST MARINES (3rd Battalion 1st Marines)

Daily SITREPs for 1-15 September 1966

Item Creation Date: September 1966
Collection: US Marine Corps History Division Vietnam War Documents Collection
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  (USMC Unit Index)
Added: 30 Nov 2004 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Mission Vietnam - Seventh Air Force - Booklet, USAF
Document Item Number: 3420101001
[Number of Pages: 68]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Hal Womack Collection
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Added: 18 Jun 2002 [Updated: 01 Dec 2023]
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Westpac 68-69 The Professionals - Cruise Book
Document Item Number: 34520101001
  • 34520101001
[Number of Pages: 88]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: DeWitt Rathbun Collection
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Added: 11 Dec 2025 [Updated: 11 Dec 2025]
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Mission Vietnam
Document Item Number: 0260102001
  • 0260102001
[Number of Pages: 68]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jackson Bosley Collection
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Added: 03 Dec 2002 [Updated: 10 Jan 2023]
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  • 15120105002

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[Number of Pages: 41]
Author(s): Lydia Fish
Item Creation Date: 25 December 1993
Collection: North Carolina Vietnam Veterans, Inc. Collection
Association: North Carolina Vietnam Veterans, Inc.
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Added: 24 Oct 2007 [Updated: 15 Sep 2015]
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