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Slide Item Number: VAS019878
[Number of Pages: 1]
C-141 Starlifter on the parking ramp at Bien Hoa AB.
Item Creation Date: September 1967
Collection: Lee Waters Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2004 [Updated: 17 Oct 2022]
C-141 Starlifter on the parking ramp at Bien Hoa AB.
Item Creation Date: September 1967
Collection: Lee Waters Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2004 [Updated: 17 Oct 2022]
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Slide Item Number: VAS062224
[Number of Pages: 1]
C-141 Starlifter at Ubon.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Charles E. Hildebrandt Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
C-141 Starlifter at Ubon.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Charles E. Hildebrandt Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
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Slide Item Number: VAS062283
[Number of Pages: 1]
C-141's Starlifter in Bangkok.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Charles E. Hildebrandt Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2012 [Updated: 11 Jul 2012]
C-141's Starlifter in Bangkok.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Charles E. Hildebrandt Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2012 [Updated: 11 Jul 2012]
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Slide Item Number: VAS044529
[Number of Pages: 1]
'C-141 Starlifter (Lockheed)'
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Charles Anderson Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2008 [Updated: 02 Nov 2008]
'C-141 Starlifter (Lockheed)'
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Charles Anderson Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2008 [Updated: 02 Nov 2008]
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Slide Item Number: VAS044530
[Number of Pages: 1]
'C-141 Starlifter (Lockheed)' 'U.S. Air Force'
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Charles Anderson Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2008 [Updated: 02 Nov 2008]
'C-141 Starlifter (Lockheed)' 'U.S. Air Force'
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Charles Anderson Collection
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Added: 02 Nov 2008 [Updated: 02 Nov 2008]
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Photograph Item Number: VA001037
[Number of Pages: 1]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: 14 July 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: 14 July 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA002360
[Number of Pages: 1]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: June 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: June 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA002374
[Number of Pages: 1]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: 08 July 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam - The first US combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 US army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. <br><br>On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces.
Item Creation Date: 08 July 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 16 Sep 2013]
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Slide Item Number: VAS045334
[Number of Pages: 1]
C-141 Starlifter
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Mike Sullivan Collection
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Added: 14 Jan 2009 [Updated: 14 Jan 2009]
C-141 Starlifter
Item Creation Date: 1968
Collection: Mike Sullivan Collection
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Added: 14 Jan 2009 [Updated: 14 Jan 2009]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050179
[Number of Pages: 1]
Evacuees line the inside of a C-141 Starlifter as it flies them to safety from Saigon to Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
Evacuees line the inside of a C-141 Starlifter as it flies them to safety from Saigon to Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050180
[Number of Pages: 1]
Evacuees line the inside of a C-141 Starlifter as it flies them to safety from Saigon to Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
Evacuees line the inside of a C-141 Starlifter as it flies them to safety from Saigon to Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050177
[Number of Pages: 1]
In the beginning, the operation focused on the evacuation of orphans from Saigon. Air Force military and dependant volunteers help unload C-141 Starlifter upon landing at Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
In the beginning, the operation focused on the evacuation of orphans from Saigon. Air Force military and dependant volunteers help unload C-141 Starlifter upon landing at Clark Air Base.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 27 Feb 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050167
[Number of Pages: 1]
Jubilant Vietnamese evacuees from Saigon are escorted from a C-141 Starlifter here at Clark Air Base by volunteer wives and airman. The next step to freedom, incoming processing in just a few steps away.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 15 Dec 2009]
Jubilant Vietnamese evacuees from Saigon are escorted from a C-141 Starlifter here at Clark Air Base by volunteer wives and airman. The next step to freedom, incoming processing in just a few steps away.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 27 Feb 2007 [Updated: 15 Dec 2009]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050156
[Number of Pages: 1]
Two Saigon orphans enjoy a cookie and a cup of milk aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter during the flight to Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 26 Feb 2007 [Updated: 26 Feb 2007]
Two Saigon orphans enjoy a cookie and a cup of milk aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter during the flight to Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 26 Feb 2007 [Updated: 26 Feb 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA050158
[Number of Pages: 1]
A South Vietnamese orphan climbs aboard a C-141 Starlifter in Saigon for the trip to Clark Air Base in the Phillippines and eventually to the United States and a new home.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 26 Feb 2007 [Updated: 26 Feb 2007]
A South Vietnamese orphan climbs aboard a C-141 Starlifter in Saigon for the trip to Clark Air Base in the Phillippines and eventually to the United States and a new home.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 26 Feb 2007 [Updated: 26 Feb 2007]
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Slide Item Number: VAS090801
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Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 04 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
Donor Caption Description: A USAF C-141 Starlifter taxing for takeoff with the airfield control tower in rear, and two linemen directing the aircraft's ground movements from the plane's left.
Donor Caption Location: III CORPS Ton Son Nhut airfield in Saigon.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-08-05
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-08-05
Item Creation Date: September 1967Donor Caption Location: III CORPS Ton Son Nhut airfield in Saigon.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-08-05
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-08-05
Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 04 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
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Slide Item Number: VAS090898
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Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 14 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
Donor Caption Description: An USAF C-141 Starlifter on taking off from Nha Trang.
Donor Caption Location: II CORPS 130 airmiles S of Qui Nhon on the South China Sea.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-10-30
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-10-30
Item Creation Date: December 1967Donor Caption Location: II CORPS 130 airmiles S of Qui Nhon on the South China Sea.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-10-30
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-10-30
Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 14 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
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Slide Item Number: VAS090800
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Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 04 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
Donor Caption Description: A variety of military airplanes left to right: C-124 Globemaster,
C-141 Starlifter, C-131 Hurcules, and a civilian DC-3
Donor Caption Location: III CORPS Ton Son Nhut airfield.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-08-05
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-08-05
Item Creation Date: September 1967C-141 Starlifter, C-131 Hurcules, and a civilian DC-3
Donor Caption Location: III CORPS Ton Son Nhut airfield.
Donor Caption Date: 1967-08-05
Donor Caption To Date: 1967-08-05
Collection: Thomas Iannarino Collection
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Added: 04 May 2021 [Updated: 28 Oct 2021]
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Slide Item Number: VAS098976
C-141 STARLIFTER LANDING AT TSN, MAY 68
Item Creation Date: May 1968
Collection: James F. Fitzpatrick Collection
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Added: 10 Jan 2024 [Updated: 10 Jan 2024]
Item Creation Date: May 1968
Collection: James F. Fitzpatrick Collection
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Added: 10 Jan 2024 [Updated: 10 Jan 2024]
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Letter from J.D. Coleman to his wife - re: return to a typewriter
Document Item Number: 27700616001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 01 August 1966
Collection: J. D. Coleman Collection
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Added: 10 Oct 2018 [Updated: 10 Oct 2018]
Item Creation Date: 01 August 1966
Collection: J. D. Coleman Collection
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Added: 10 Oct 2018 [Updated: 10 Oct 2018]
Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS079001
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 09/1969-09/1970
Collection: Harry Peplinski, Jr. Collection
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Added: 25 Apr 2016 [Updated: 25 Apr 2016]
Item Creation Date: 09/1969-09/1970
Collection: Harry Peplinski, Jr. Collection
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Added: 25 Apr 2016 [Updated: 25 Apr 2016]
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20 Ex-Captives Return to America, Reunions - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302040
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Bob Thomas
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Author(s): Bob Thomas
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS076399
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2016 [Updated: 02 Feb 2016]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2016 [Updated: 02 Feb 2016]
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Slide Item Number: VAS076621
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 08 Feb 2016 [Updated: 08 Feb 2016]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 08 Feb 2016 [Updated: 08 Feb 2016]
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Slide Item Number: VAS076322
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 01 Feb 2016 [Updated: 01 Feb 2016]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 01 Feb 2016 [Updated: 01 Feb 2016]
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Slide Item Number: VAS076152
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 26 Jan 2016 [Updated: 26 Jan 2016]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Donnell D. Griffin Collection
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Added: 26 Jan 2016 [Updated: 26 Jan 2016]
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Ex-POWs Welcomed to Calif. - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302010
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Steady Flow Of Ex-POWs Come Home - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302054
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Bob Thomas
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Author(s): Bob Thomas
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Last 20 of 1st 143 Feel Warmth of Home - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302061
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Bill Stall
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Author(s): Bill Stall
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA002329
Part B
[Number of Pages: 1]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam
Decorations -- This pretty Vietnamese girl of Da Nang decorates an Okinawa-bound Marine with a gold sash for good luck and a symbol of thanks from the Vietnamese people. 69-0038-D
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The first U.S. combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 U.S. army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces, and Lt. General Herman Nickerson, Commander of the U.S. 3d Marine Amphibious Force. Vietnamese citizen groups also attended with banners proclaiming their thanks for the sacrifices of the American fighting men, and to present each departing marine with a gold sash and a gift. Following the formal farewell the Marines boarded the troopship Paul Revere for Okinawa where they will remain as a combat-ready force.
Item Creation Date: 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 05 Nov 2020]
First United States Combat-Troop Reduction in Vietnam
Decorations -- This pretty Vietnamese girl of Da Nang decorates an Okinawa-bound Marine with a gold sash for good luck and a symbol of thanks from the Vietnamese people. 69-0038-D
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The first U.S. combat-troop reduction in South Vietnam, 25,000 men, announced by Presidents Thieu and Nixon at their Midway Island conference in June, began with the vanguard departures of 800 U.S. army infantrymen and 1,300 marines. The 25,000 troop redeployment will be completed by the end of August, and their mission in the republic absorbed by South Vietnamese forces. On July 8 the soldiers departed from Saigon Airport after ceremonies attended by President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice-President Nguyen Cao Ky, American Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, ministry and military staff chiefs. Before boarding a fleet of 'Starlifter' jet transports for the United States, the homebound infantrymen were cheered by crowds of grateful Vietnamese citizens, whose representatives presented the soldiers with flower lais and souvenir gifts. At Da Nang on July 14, the marines' ceremonies were presided over by General Hoang Xuan Lam, Commander of South Vietnam's Armed Forces, and Lt. General Herman Nickerson, Commander of the U.S. 3d Marine Amphibious Force. Vietnamese citizen groups also attended with banners proclaiming their thanks for the sacrifices of the American fighting men, and to present each departing marine with a gold sash and a gift. Following the formal farewell the Marines boarded the troopship Paul Revere for Okinawa where they will remain as a combat-ready force.
Item Creation Date: 1969
Collection: Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
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Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 05 Nov 2020]
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Slide Item Number: VAS019876
[Number of Pages: 1]
535 TAS (note KH on tail) C-7/A beside a C-141Starlifter at Bien Hoa west parking ramp. (Lt. Dudley F. Waters was soon to spend a total of 17 years flying C-141s).
Item Creation Date: August 1967
Collection: Lee Waters Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2004 [Updated: 17 Oct 2022]
535 TAS (note KH on tail) C-7/A beside a C-141Starlifter at Bien Hoa west parking ramp. (Lt. Dudley F. Waters was soon to spend a total of 17 years flying C-141s).
Item Creation Date: August 1967
Collection: Lee Waters Collection
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Added: 02 Feb 2004 [Updated: 17 Oct 2022]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065761
[Number of Pages: 1]
Huskie C141 - Cam Ranh Bay RVN
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Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 04 Nov 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
Huskie C141 - Cam Ranh Bay RVN
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Donor Caption Description: HH-43B hovering
Donor Caption Location: Cam Ranh Bay AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1969-03-14
Item Creation Date: No DateDonor Caption Location: Cam Ranh Bay AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1969-03-14
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 04 Nov 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA065762
[Number of Pages: 1]
Huskie & C-141 Cam Ranh Bay RVN
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Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 04 Nov 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
Huskie & C-141 Cam Ranh Bay RVN
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Donor Caption Description: C-141A AND HH-43B Pedro
Donor Caption Location: Cam Ranh Bay AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1969-03-14
Item Creation Date: No DateDonor Caption Location: Cam Ranh Bay AB, RSVN
Donor Caption Date: 1968-09-15
Donor Caption To Date: 1969-03-14
Collection: Paul H. Minert Collection
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Added: 04 Nov 2012 [Updated: 16 Nov 2022]
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Slide Item Number: VAS096932
Item Creation Date: April 1971
Collection: Tim Sikorski Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 13 Apr 2023 [Updated: 28 Apr 2023]
Collection: Tim Sikorski Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 13 Apr 2023 [Updated: 28 Apr 2023]
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Slide Item Number: VAS096446
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Collection: Jerry Dale Stout Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 08 Mar 2023 [Updated: 02 Aug 2023]
Donor Caption Description: A picture of a C-141 taxing into Danang.
Donor Caption Location: Danang AB, RVN
Donor Caption Date: 1972
Item Creation Date: July 1972Donor Caption Location: Danang AB, RVN
Donor Caption Date: 1972
Collection: Jerry Dale Stout Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 08 Mar 2023 [Updated: 02 Aug 2023]
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Roll # 27 TOES (?) and Bombings
Moving Image Item Number: 1356VI1554
[Number of Pages: 0]
At 0:31, a C-141B Starlifter on approach; A-1 Skyraider dive bombing; Spads flying through heavy column of smoke.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Doris Linebarger Collection
Association: Air America Association
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Added: 14 Jun 2004 [Updated: 16 May 2016]
At 0:31, a C-141B Starlifter on approach; A-1 Skyraider dive bombing; Spads flying through heavy column of smoke.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Doris Linebarger Collection
Association: Air America Association
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Added: 14 Jun 2004 [Updated: 16 May 2016]
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Slide Item Number: VAS097891
Med evac, usaf base, Clarke AFB
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Collection: Michael Mittelmann Collection
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Collection: Michael Mittelmann Collection
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Last 5,236 GIs in Viet Start to Pull Out -Stars and Stripes
Document Item Number: 2132213073
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 29 March 1973
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 18 Mar 2007 [Updated: 18 Mar 2007]
Item Creation Date: 29 March 1973
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 18 Mar 2007 [Updated: 18 Mar 2007]
Photocopies of Photographs Newly Released American POW's, USAF Hospital Clark Air Base, Philippines
Document Item Number: 1160202005
[Number of Pages: 33]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Gary Jestes Collection
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Added: 24 Mar 2004 [Updated: 24 Mar 2004]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Gary Jestes Collection
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Added: 24 Mar 2004 [Updated: 24 Mar 2004]
He's Back In Step - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302013
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 27 Feb 2023 [Updated: 27 Feb 2023]
Motion Picture Captions - Rocus Retina - Su Won Air Force Base, Korea - DCS-200-6A-69KO - film shot 21 March 1969
Document Item Number: 13900108005
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Chuck Abbott Collection
Association: Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)
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Added: 09 Dec 2009 [Updated: 09 Dec 2009]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Chuck Abbott Collection
Association: Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)
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Added: 09 Dec 2009 [Updated: 09 Dec 2009]
United States Air Force News Release: Calrk/Saigon Release Number75-28
Document Item Number: 17680102004
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
United States Air Force News Release: Clark/ Saigon Release Number 75-31
Document Item Number: 17680102005
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Jim Stanitz Collection
Association: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Brotherhood
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
Motion Picture Captions & Critique - Focus Retina - ToJu and Piongtaek, Korea - DCS-200-4A-69KO - film shot 16-17 March 1969
Document Item Number: 13900108003
[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Chuck Abbott Collection
Association: Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)
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Added: 09 Dec 2009 [Updated: 09 Dec 2009]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Chuck Abbott Collection
Association: Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO)
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Added: 09 Dec 2009 [Updated: 09 Dec 2009]
Robert E. Lawrence - My U.S. Army Career, January 1968-December 1969
Scrapbook Item Number: 1970scrapbook1634
[Number of Pages: 89]
68 numbered pages with the following glued into it:
-Chronological Order of Events where Robert Lawrence was each month of service ;
-Servicemen's Group Life Insurance ;
-Certificate of Training for the Leader Preparation Course ;
-Leadership School notes taken in classes '
-Personal card scores in aptitude areas - MOS explanations for Cook (94B20), Infantry Light Weapons (11B10), Indirect Fire Weapons (11C10), and Direct Fire & Anti-Tank (11H10) ;
-Description of Ranks for the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy ;
-Membership Application for the association of the United States Army
-NCO school report cards
-Vietnam Panel Advance sheet, U.S. Army Infantry School: Vietnam country study; The Delta; The Central Highlands; The Coastal Plain; The Highland Plateau; Saigon; The Climate; People; Religion; Minority Groups; Economy; Lines of Communication; and Map South Vietnam topography
-Certificate honoring successful completion of Airborne Course ;
-Newspaper article discussing the importance of the jumpmaster's checks ;
-Newspaper article covering a chaplain that earned jump wings ;
-6 pages covering Military Courtesy, Military Justice, Code of Conduct ;
-The Evolution of Military Rifles, U.S. Army Infantry School ;
-Immunization Certificate and International Certificate of Vaccination, World Health Organization; U.S. Department of Defense Immunization Certificate
-Letter of Welcome to "All Reinforcements" - March 7, 1969 ;
-R&R Orders for Taipei, Taiwan 13-19 November 1969 ;
-Brochure, stationary and envelope, note paper for First Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan ;
-Menu from Tan Son Nhut (Vietnam) to Taipei (Taiwan), Boeing 707 Jet ;
-Bingo Night U.S. Service Club Military Assistance Advisory Group [MAAG] NCO Open Mess ;
-Your R&R Program (Pamphlet Number 7-68, August 1968), MACV Office ;
-Allies Chop Down Foe in Boi Loi Woods / SP5 Carl Detrick - newspaper article ;
-Deuces Act Fast, Cache in on Tip / SP4 Dennis Bries - newspaper article ;
-Airborne billfold card ;
-Parachutists' Creed ;
-Pictures of Gen. Abrams, Gen Rosson, and the II Field Force: headquarters, 1st ID, and the 25th ID
-Parachutist / Airborne Billfold Card ;
-Photograph of Robert Lawrence on the front steps of barracks on April 23, 1968 in AIT; E-4-3, Ft. Polk Louisiana
-The Observer, Volume 8 Number 22, 3 October 1969 - Newspaper ;
-Photograph of Lawrence immediately after jump school, Fort Bragg, October 1968 ;
-Local newspaper article about Lawrence, April 1969
Item Creation Date: January 1968-December 1969
Collection: Robert E. Lawrence Collection
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Added: 16 May 2019 [Updated: 23 Jul 2024]
68 numbered pages with the following glued into it:
-Chronological Order of Events where Robert Lawrence was each month of service ;
-Servicemen's Group Life Insurance ;
-Certificate of Training for the Leader Preparation Course ;
-Leadership School notes taken in classes '
-Personal card scores in aptitude areas - MOS explanations for Cook (94B20), Infantry Light Weapons (11B10), Indirect Fire Weapons (11C10), and Direct Fire & Anti-Tank (11H10) ;
-Description of Ranks for the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy ;
-Membership Application for the association of the United States Army
-NCO school report cards
-Vietnam Panel Advance sheet, U.S. Army Infantry School: Vietnam country study; The Delta; The Central Highlands; The Coastal Plain; The Highland Plateau; Saigon; The Climate; People; Religion; Minority Groups; Economy; Lines of Communication; and Map South Vietnam topography
-Certificate honoring successful completion of Airborne Course ;
-Newspaper article discussing the importance of the jumpmaster's checks ;
-Newspaper article covering a chaplain that earned jump wings ;
-6 pages covering Military Courtesy, Military Justice, Code of Conduct ;
-The Evolution of Military Rifles, U.S. Army Infantry School ;
-Immunization Certificate and International Certificate of Vaccination, World Health Organization; U.S. Department of Defense Immunization Certificate
-Letter of Welcome to "All Reinforcements" - March 7, 1969 ;
-R&R Orders for Taipei, Taiwan 13-19 November 1969 ;
-Brochure, stationary and envelope, note paper for First Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan ;
-Menu from Tan Son Nhut (Vietnam) to Taipei (Taiwan), Boeing 707 Jet ;
-Bingo Night U.S. Service Club Military Assistance Advisory Group [MAAG] NCO Open Mess ;
-Your R&R Program (Pamphlet Number 7-68, August 1968), MACV Office ;
-Allies Chop Down Foe in Boi Loi Woods / SP5 Carl Detrick - newspaper article ;
-Deuces Act Fast, Cache in on Tip / SP4 Dennis Bries - newspaper article ;
-Airborne billfold card ;
-Parachutists' Creed ;
-Pictures of Gen. Abrams, Gen Rosson, and the II Field Force: headquarters, 1st ID, and the 25th ID
-Parachutist / Airborne Billfold Card ;
-Photograph of Robert Lawrence on the front steps of barracks on April 23, 1968 in AIT; E-4-3, Ft. Polk Louisiana
-The Observer, Volume 8 Number 22, 3 October 1969 - Newspaper ;
-Photograph of Lawrence immediately after jump school, Fort Bragg, October 1968 ;
-Local newspaper article about Lawrence, April 1969
Item Creation Date: January 1968-December 1969
Collection: Robert E. Lawrence Collection
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Added: 16 May 2019 [Updated: 23 Jul 2024]
A City at the Edge of Doom
Document Item Number: 2322603011
[Number of Pages: 2]
Author(s): Loren Jenkins
Item Creation Date: 1975
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Added: 11 Oct 2004 [Updated: 11 Oct 2004]
Author(s): Loren Jenkins
Item Creation Date: 1975
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Added: 11 Oct 2004 [Updated: 11 Oct 2004]
Magazine - The Veterans Initiative: A Report To the Membership
Document Item Number: 11270604002
[Number of Pages: 28]
Item Creation Date: February 1995
Collection: Garnett Bell Collection
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Added: 12 Jan 2010 [Updated: 12 Jan 2010]
Item is Copyrighted – Check for access via the Vietnam Reading Room portal.
Item Creation Date: February 1995
Collection: Garnett Bell Collection
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Added: 12 Jan 2010 [Updated: 12 Jan 2010]
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Sounds of Pleiku
Audio Item Number: 3436AU4525
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3436au4525a[VNCA NOTE: There is profanity, derogatory terms, and graphic material that appears repeatedly throughout this media. VNCA has labeled these timestamps throughout. Viewer discretion advised.]
[VNCA NOTE: At 22:04, on Side A, a new recording starts and the pitch of the voice has shifted. This anomaly was present during the original recording and is not the result of digitization.]
00:00 helicopter sounds - "Welcome to the War" - John - Camp Holloway - Central Highlands - Pleiku - fly-in - Dalhart - mortar - ground fire - Chinese mercenaries - VC - NVA - Huey - village - Dong Tam - flares - NVA tanks - Kon Tum - Pleiku international air force base - deserted village ;
4:24 PROFANITY ;
4:31 loading refugee - C14 - Starlifter - RVNs - Saigon - C130s - runway - tracer - red tracer - wishing he was home - airplane parts - hooch ;
8:22 new recording - calculating time back home - losing two loaches - OH6a? - flightline - Huey - miniguns - Cobras - lost two Cobras - lost soldiers - helicopter crash - KIA ;
9:47 PROFANITY ;
9:54 GRAPHIC: pilot shot through chest ;
10:03 slick shot down - lost three helicopters - briefing - "Tricky Dicky" - welding the runway - C130s - possibility of evacuation - baggage allowance ;
12:41 PROFANITY ;
12:45 war in the daytime - flying sorties - C130 - mortar - Tricky Dicky ;
13:26 DEROGATORY TERM ;
13:28 PROFANITY ;
13:32 description of the camp - claymore mines ;
14:12 GRAPHIC: description of claymore mine victim ;
14:14 Chinese mercenaries - flare - flare color meaning ;
14:59 DEROGATORY TERM ;
15:01 orders to kill people in barbed wire - payment for mercenaries ;
15:18 DEROGATORY TERM ;
15:25 asking about Jerrel - Saigon - Camp Holloway - B52s - VC - NVA - Kon Tum ;
16:42 enlarger - waiting for a package - Dewana Hoyle? - waiting on paycheck ;
17:54 DEROGATORY TERM ;
18:02 sending everyone home - airplane parts - landing gear - photography lab - pictures ;
19:20 DEROGATORY TERM ;
19:24 buying film - currency exchange explanation - processing film - send pictures home - writing letters ;
22:04 new recording - NOTE: changed voice pitch - tour of the base - evacuation - C130s - grunts - anti-tank equipment - walking around flightline ;
24:05 taking a picture of runway - Camp Holloway - Pleiku - B52s - destroying the base - Jeep - secret - Charlie - Cobra - 717th - helicopter sounds ;
26:14 CH47 ;
26:17 PROFANITY ;
26:21 mountains - NVA - VNAF A1E Skyraider - OH 6a - Loach - Cobra - sounds of aircraft - air support - firebases overrun ;
28:17 monsoon - staying behind - pictures of C130s ;
28:55 evacuation of Pleiku - 15th or 16th of May 1972 - sounds of aircraft - preparing for takeoff ;
30:35 PROFANITY ;
30:36 using someone's Jeep ;
31:10 PROFANITY ;
31:12 conversation continues - more aircraft sounds - roll of film ;
31:45 PROFANITY ;
32:03 sounds of conversation - NHA ;
3436au4525b
00:06 incoming - ground fire - incoming mortars - explosions in background - Kon Tum - Loach - gunship ;
00:37 ammo dump - crickets - explosions - light observation airplane - flares - claymore mines - bunker line ;
2:12 close hit ;
2:59 lighting up the sky - NVA police? - flare - airplane ;
3:07 PROFANITY ;
3:12 NVA pollution control - flare ;
4:21 helicopter sounds - binoculars ;
4:33 borrow your binoculars ;
6:05 helicopter sounds - explosions - gun fire - inaudible dialogue - "dear diary" - "blow something up" ;
7:25 inaudible dialogue - rural routes - American policy - likelihood of being jumped ;
7:40 being jumped ;
8:30 buildings everywhere - "look at that" - gunship - C-4 - "orderly route" ;
8:54 Judas Priest ;
10:10 helicopter noises - gunfire - explosions - hooch - flares - "what's the date" ;
11:39 "who wants a better look at it?" ;
11:47 PROFANITY ;
13:17 PROFANITY ;
13:21 five thousand yards - 5,000 - rockets - "look at that" ;
13:27 "I don't think it's that far" ;
14:23 holy mackerel - rapid gunfire - explosions ;
14:50 PROFANITY ;
14:52 PROFANITY ;
14:55 extra clip of ammo -
15:46 PROFANITY ;
16:32 hanger ;
16:35 PROFANITY ;
16:38 pardon the language ;
17:40 chopper - helicopter blades - gunfire - dialogue ;
18:40 possible ;
19:10 stuff ;
19:51 RVNs - GIs - guarding ;
20:42 might be wrong ;
21:11 PROFANITY ;
21:27 spreading away from us ;
22:12 spreading to the right - gunfire - mortar explosions - aircraft engines ;
22:17 yeah it is ;
23:17 trying to do ;
23:23 PROFANITY ;
23:26 assault - 130s - C-130 ;
23:51 end this newscast - comrade ;
24:10 sun's up - housekeeper - Charlie - evacuation - stuff falling out of the ceiling - ready to come home ;
25:15 engine sounds - aircraft - on board an aircraft - engines roaring - here we go ;
27:18 taxing for takeoff - aircraft crash - Kon Tum ;
27:52 household sounds - background noise ;
28:03 program - radio program - TV program - household sounds - background noise - kitchen ;
Item Creation Date: 1972
Collection: John Eslinger Collection
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Added: 27 Oct 2023 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
40 More Leave Clark for U.S. - Source Unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 28260302042
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Louise Mulligan Collection
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Added: 28 Feb 2023 [Updated: 28 Feb 2023]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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