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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA000938
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]
Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065321
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Donor Caption Location: Phan Rang AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1968-12-31
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 14 Oct 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065715
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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
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 30 Oct 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
Flight Journal (Air Age Publications) - Serial
Serial Item Number: 1095Serial271535
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
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]
Article re: AC47 as a Night Fighter - Support Document from Project CHECO Report #109
Document Item Number: F031100141146
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 18 Nov 2012 [Updated: 18 Nov 2012]
U.S. Air Force Gunships Background Report - Support Document from Project CHECO Report #109
Document Item Number: F031100140896
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 11 Nov 2012 [Updated: 14 Nov 2012]
SCATBACK -They're VIP Fliers for VIPs -Stars and Stripes
Document Item Number: 2132302047
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]
DC-3 Contribution to Civil Aviation in Vietnam
Document Item Number: 2250101001
Item Creation Date: 1962
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Technology
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Added: 29 Sep 2002 [Updated: 30 Sep 2002]
Newspaper Article - The Texas Flyer - Retiree 'Bird Dogs' Old Birds
Document Item Number: 13550403008
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
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]
Letter From Stephen McDaniel to The Vietnam Archive Documenting His Service With The Air Force (11 November 2005)
Document Item Number: 16940101001
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]
Glossary of Non-Standard Terms and Abbreviations - Department of the Army
Document Item Number: 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]
Poetry - Unknown Source - Resupply to Khe Sanh Strip / The Ghost Patrol
Document Item Number: 13550405008
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 22 Mar 2012 [Updated: 22 Mar 2012]
To Help Americans Express Their Appreciation on Veterans Day, American Greetings has Introduced an Innovative New Card Line
Document Item Number: 2283710037
Item Creation Date: October 1995
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 03 - Veterans
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Added: 11 Nov 2004 [Updated: 11 Nov 2004]
SITREP [1ST MARINES]
Document Item Number: 1201017290
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]
Obbligato 1939-1979 : Notes on a Foreign Service Career - Book Excerpts (pages 210-229, 236-247)
Document Item Number: 3670909006
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
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]
Article:Parley Reflects Unhurried Planning by Nixon Stafffrom The New York Times
Document Item Number: 2131405088
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
Item Creation Date: 13 February 1966
Collection: Dr. Calvin Chapman Collection
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Added: 14 Feb 2002 [Updated: 14 Feb 2002]
Vietnam Feature Service Report (TCB-033): Victory Squadron . . . Thai Wings Over Vietnam
Document Item Number: 1070323010
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 03 Jun 2002 [Updated: 19 Mar 2020]
Item Creation Date: 28 June 1995
Collection: Garnett Bell Collection
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Added: 10 Jun 2012 [Updated: 10 Jun 2012]
Magazine Article - The Airman Magazine - Fabulous FACs of the Mekong Delta
Document Item Number: 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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WAR (General - December 1963) Articles and reports from different newspapers
Document Item Number: 2130315001
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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Magazine Article, source unknown - Manning the Perimeter
Document Item Number: 23220109002
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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Time Magazine: The Nation, South Vietnam, The New Regime
Document Item Number: 15250112002
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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The Air War in Vietnam - Arco Publishing Co. (New York, NY) - A Len Morgan Book
Document Item Number: 2250104008
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
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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
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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]
Interview with Bill Sparks
Oral History Item Number: 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]
Manuscript of Novel - Knight of Night's Daughters - re: U.S. serviceman in Cambodia
Document Item Number: 0590101001
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
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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]
Book Draft - Hit My Smoke, Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia [part 8 of 9]
Document Item Number: 13550205001
Author(s): Jan Churchill
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jan Churchill Collection
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Added: 01 Feb 2012 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
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Draft of Project CHECO Southeast Asia Report #158 - Special Report: PAVE AEGIS Weapon System (AC-130E Gunship) - 16 February 1973
Document Item Number: F031100161416
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]
Abbreviations and Terms - Environmental Support Group, U.S. Army Combat Operations Vietnam - List
Document Item Number: 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]
The Observer (Information Office, U.S. MACV) - Newspaper - Saigon
Newspaper Item Number: 2835Newspaper615015
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
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
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Hal Womack Collection
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Added: 18 Jun 2002 [Updated: 01 Dec 2023]
Westpac 68-69 The Professionals - Cruise Book
Document Item Number: 34520101001
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
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jackson Bosley Collection
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Added: 03 Dec 2002 [Updated: 10 Jan 2023]
Notes for Vietnam War Folksong Project - In Country: Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War
Document Item Number: 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]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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