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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030528
  • VA030528
[Number of Pages: 1]
Backing Down -- The ocean minesweeper USS Impervious (right) backs away from its mooring alongside the minesweeper Force at Subic Bay in the Republic of the Philippines. Both ships, along with the minesweepers Engage and Fortify, were getting underway for Operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 03 Feb 2013]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030519
  • VA030519
[Number of Pages: 1]
Helicopter Minesweeper -- The Sikorsky-built, CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter minesweeper - the newest addition to the Navy's minesweeping arsenal. The Sea Stallion is the helicopter slated for use in operation 'End Sweep,' the Navy's plan for clearing U.S. laid mines from North Vietnamese waters.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Operation End Sweep, COMINEWARFOR - Task Force 78, Haiphong Harbor Sweep Detail
Document Item Number: 1070815001
  • 1070815001
[Number of Pages: 31]
Item Creation Date: 07 February 1973
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 04 Apr 2005 [Updated: 28 Feb 2019]
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Saigon-Gia Dinh LAF Victories in Long Tau Channel (Linking Saigon to the Sea)
Document Item Number: 2130809040
  • 2130809040
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 18 Sep 2003 [Updated: 18 Sep 2003]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030526
  • VA030526
[Number of Pages: 1]
Wooden Ship -- The ocean minesweeper USS Engage, one of the 'Wooden Ships' sailed by the 'Iron Men' of the Navy's Mine Warfare Force. Engage and her crew wil play a major role in Operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 03 Feb 2013]
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VNA Reports on ARVN Land-Grabbing Operations; Recent Developments in Liberated Zones -Hanoi
Document Item Number: 2132305041
  • 2132305041
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 18 July 1973
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 02 - Military Operations
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Added: 07 May 2007 [Updated: 07 May 2007]
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USN 1971 JULY HISTORY PART 4
Document Item Number: 168300011220
  • 168300011220
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2006 [Updated: 11 Jul 2006]
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USN 1971 JUNE HISTORY PART 1
Document Item Number: 168300011221
  • 168300011221
[Number of Pages: 50]
Item Creation Date: 03 August 1971
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2006 [Updated: 11 Jul 2006]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA049376
  • VA049376
[Number of Pages: 1]
The U.S. Navy minesweeping boat (MSC-17) sweeps the Long Tao River to ensure that no Viet Cong mines endanger ships bound for the Port of Saigon. The boat is a Unit of Detachment Alpha of Mine Squadron Eleven homebased at Long Beach, California. A Navy minesweeper, part of Task Force 116, sweeps the Long Tao River in the Rung Sat Special Zone.
Item Creation Date: 12 August 1966
Collection: Charles E. Rogers Collection
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Added: 18 Jan 2007 [Updated: 18 Jan 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA036589
  • VA036589
[Number of Pages: 1]
colored photograph of the insignia for minesweeper Nhut Tao HQ #10
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Van Quang Truong Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2004 [Updated: 11 Jul 2004]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA036582
  • VA036582
[Number of Pages: 1]
photograph of South Vietnamese naval vessel minesweeper Nhut Tao HQ # 10
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Van Quang Truong Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2004 [Updated: 05 Aug 2013]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA036583
  • VA036583
[Number of Pages: 1]
side view of South Vietnamese naval vessel underway, minesweeper Ham Tu 11, HQ #114
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Van Quang Truong Collection
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Added: 11 Jul 2004 [Updated: 11 Jul 2004]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030518
  • VA030518
[Number of Pages: 1]
Underway for 'End Sweep' -- The ocean minesweeper (MSO) USS Impervious 'sets sail' for North Vietnamese waters to begin operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030527
  • VA030527
[Number of Pages: 1]
Bag and Baggage -- Crewmen of the ocean minesweeper USS Force load aboard the ship prior to getting underway for Operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030514
  • VA030514
[Number of Pages: 1]
Pre-Flight Brief -- Lieutenant David I. Dries (left) of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Twelve (HM-12) briefs Rear Admiral Brian McCauley, Commander Task Force 78 and head of the Navy's Mine Warfare Force, before taking off on a check flight in a GI-53 Sea Stallion helicopter minesweeper.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030515
  • VA030515
[Number of Pages: 1]
Good News -- Reactions of these five crewmen aboard the ocean minesweeper USS Force to the signing of the ceasefire agreement in the Vietnam war range from grave reflection to visible joy. They received the good news just before getting underway for operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 23 Sep 2007]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030522
  • VA030522
[Number of Pages: 1]
Under Tow -- A Sikorsky-built CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter minesweeper tows a Mark 105 Hydrofoil Minesweeping device during a training flight before beginning Operation 'End Sweep.' The Sea Stallion and the Mark 105 will be used to sweep U.S. emplaced mines in North Vietnamese waters during 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030523
  • VA030523
[Number of Pages: 1]
On the Bridge -- Rear Admiral Brian McCauley (left), Commander Task Force 78 and head of the Navy's Mine Warfare Force, visits with Chief Warrant Officer Paul Kinney, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) detachment officer on the bridge of the ocean minesweeper USS Force. Warrant Officer Kinney and his EOD team are embarked aboard the Force for Operation 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Memorandum from F.A. Poulin - re: Boat Crew Debrief on VC Ambush of Blocking Force, Rach Ben Tre
Document Item Number: 1071514005
  • 1071514005
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: 3 October 1967
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 22 Mar 2018 [Updated: 22 Mar 2018]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA030511
  • VA030511
[Number of Pages: 1]
Flight Time -- Rear Admiral Brian McCauley (left) Commander Task Force 78 and head of the Navy's Mine Warfare Force, and Captain Felix S. Vecchione, Commander Task Group 78.1 and head of the Mobile Mine Countermeasures Command, discuss operation 'End Sweep.' Admiral McCauley took off moments later in a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter minesweeper for a look at Airborne Mine Countermeasures to be used during 'End Sweep.'
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 11 Mar 2003 [Updated: 11 Mar 2003]
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Boats, Ships and Aircraft Used in Major U.S. Navy Operations in Vietnam
Document Item Number: 1070927007
  • 1070927007
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 05 February 1968
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 17 Aug 2005 [Updated: 17 Aug 2005]
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USN 1971 JANUARY HISTORY PART 3
Document Item Number: 168300011216
  • 168300011216
[Number of Pages: 3]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 10 Jul 2006 [Updated: 10 Jul 2006]
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USN 1971 SEPTEMBER HISTORY PART 3
Document Item Number: 168300011234
  • 168300011234
[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 12 Jul 2006 [Updated: 12 Jul 2006]
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Minesweeping WW II & Minesweeping Boat (MSB) Operations On The Long Tau River, South Vietnam
Moving Image Item Number: 998VI0573
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[Number of Pages: 0]
Two films. First film was made during World War II, and focuses on tactical employment of minesweepers. It is narrated. Very technical with graphs and charts; some combat footage. Second film: All scenes were shot from a U.S. Navy minesweeper (MSB) underway on the Long Tau River. Includes excellent details of the minesweeper and the equipment utilized during its operation, as well as weapons carried on board. The following is a list of the scenes in the Vietnam-era film, which appears second on the video. Looking toward stern on minesweeper underway. Pennant flying from minesweeping equipment which is being towed. Sailor sleeping on deck, another writes in engineering log. Tow cable leading into the water. Various shots of weapons aboard the minesweeper. Sailor gets water from cooler. Camera shot along cable to pennant on minesweeping equipment in water. Cargo ship passes in background. American flag flying from mast. Skipper looks thru binoculars. Vietnamese minesweeper and a cargo ship passing by. Bow cutting thru the water.Freighter passing. Sailors hauling minesweeping gear aboard ship. Drum pays out cable. Wake of minesweeper underway. Sailor eating C-ratons. Freighters passing in channel. Interior shot of armor-plated wheelhouse. Sailor at helm. Freighter passing. Minesweeping equipment being put into the water. Sailor in machine gun tub on minesweeper. Skipper looks thru binoculars. Vietnamese minesweeper and cargo ship passes. Minesweeping gear being hoisted aboard after sweep. Minesweeper turns around and starts up river. Sailor listens to transister radio. Sailor in aft gun tub. Two sailors on bridge. Freighter passes in background.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 12 Feb 2002 [Updated: 19 Nov 2013]
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USN 1970 JUNE HISTORY PART 3
Document Item Number: 168300011190
  • 168300011190
[Number of Pages: 6]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 06 Jul 2006 [Updated: 06 Jul 2006]
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Personal Award Recommendation for Sumner Mason Clayton III - Navy Commendation Medal, Approved
Document Item Number: 10580101013
  • 10580101013
[Number of Pages: 2]
Item Creation Date: 03 September 1971
Collection: Sumner Clayton Collection
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Added: 21 Dec 2011 [Updated: 21 Dec 2011]
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Press Conference: US Minesweeping Accidents Linked To Stalling
Document Item Number: 2302009030
  • 2302009030
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 28 March 1973
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 04 - Political Settlement
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Added: 15 May 2006 [Updated: 15 May 2006]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS081843
  • VAS081843
Seaman Jr. Faulch holds loaded rifle at the ready aboard the ocean minesweeper USS Loyalty, MSO-457, as his shipmates search Vietnamese fishing boat for contraband. PEK
Item Creation Date: 17 April 1966
Collection: John Whitehair Collection
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Added: 01 Nov 2016 [Updated: 01 Nov 2016]
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The Jackstaff News, Volume 2 Number 1 (U.S. Naval Support Activity)
Document Item Number: 13650201002
  • 13650201002
[Number of Pages: 12]
Item Creation Date: 4 November 1967
Collection: Billy Hopper Collection
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Added: 25 Jul 2004 [Updated: 31 Aug 2021]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA070356
  • VA070356
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Philip C. Gutzman Collection
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Added: 06 Nov 2019 [Updated: 12 Nov 2019]
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Haiphong Vessels Reported In Shift
Document Item Number: 2320216018
  • 2320216018
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 03 August 1972
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Added: 13 Jan 2003 [Updated: 13 Jan 2003]
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New York Times - Haiphong Vessels Reported In Shift
Document Item Number: 2320216034
  • 2320216034
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 31 August 1972
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Unit 06 - Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Added: 14 Jan 2003 [Updated: 14 Jan 2003]
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Form DD-214, U.S. Navy - Release from Active Duty
Document Item Number: 10580101019
  • 10580101019
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 31 March 1980
Collection: Sumner Clayton Collection
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Added: 22 Dec 2011 [Updated: 22 Dec 2011]
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Photocopied Photographs (with captions) of the South Vietnamese Navy and Emblems and Large Photocopied Photo of Government Officials at a Ceremony
Document Item Number: 12800101001
  • 12800101001
[Number of Pages: 8]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Van Quang Truong Collection
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Added: 20 Jul 2004 [Updated: 20 Jul 2004]
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USN 1966 DECEMBER HISTORY PART 3
Document Item Number: 168300011011
  • 168300011011
[Number of Pages: 7]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Bud Harton Collection
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Added: 25 Jun 2006 [Updated: 25 Jun 2006]
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Letter from Captain Shook, Supplies, Services, and Equipment - re: Replacement of YMS Minesweepers - Records of the MAAGV Part 1
Document Item Number: F030600050242
  • F030600050242
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 27 November 1956
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 13 Nov 2013 [Updated: 13 Nov 2013]
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Press and Information Office-US and Vietnam-1959
Document Item Number: 1780403041
  • 1780403041
[Number of Pages: 4]
Item Creation Date: 14 August 1959
Collection: Douglas Pike Collection: Other Manuscripts - American Friends of Vietnam
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Added: 19 May 2002 [Updated: 19 May 2002]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS096223
  • VAS096223
Item Creation Date: October 1962
Collection: William 'Bill' James
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 08 Dec 2022 [Updated: 02 Mar 2023]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA062774
  • VA062774
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dan Peckham Collection
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Added: 05 Apr 2011 [Updated: 10 Apr 2011]
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Slide
Slide Item Number: VAS096490
  • VAS096490
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Donor Caption Description: 1LT Harry Holiday on the bow of the fishing boat 1LT Frank Land, Harry and 1LT Stout hired to take a day trip into Danang Harbor. We all swam (until we saw the sea snakes), fished and maybe drank a little beer. Good day!
Donor Caption Location: Danang Harbor, RVN
Donor Caption Person(s): 1LT Harry Holiday
Donor Caption Date: 1972
Item Creation Date: October 1972
Collection: Jerry Dale Stout Collection
Association: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
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Added: 09 Mar 2023 [Updated: 02 Aug 2023]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA062772
  • VA062772
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: January 1969
Collection: Dan Peckham Collection
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Added: 05 Apr 2011 [Updated: 05 Apr 2011]
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Photograph
Photograph Item Number: VA062773
  • VA062773
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Dan Peckham Collection
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Added: 05 Apr 2011 [Updated: 10 Apr 2011]
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Letter and Inclosures, Military Assistance Program-Vietnam [Part 2 of 2] - re: Revision of Summary of Five-Year Plan - Records of the MAAGV Part 1
Document Item Number: F030600190873
  • F030600190873
[Number of Pages: 5]
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive Collection
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Added: 22 Apr 2014 [Updated: 22 Apr 2014]
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A U.S. helicopter tows a Mark 105 minesweeper through Haiphong Harbor - source unknown - Newspaper Photograph
Document Item Number: 1071109063
  • 1071109063
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 7 April 1973
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 30 Jan 2019 [Updated: 30 Jan 2019]
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U.S. Planes Bombing North, Hanoi Area Reported Target - source unknown - Newspaper Article
Document Item Number: 1071012066
  • 1071012066
[Number of Pages: 1]
Item Creation Date: 15 February 1967
Collection: Glenn Helm Collection
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Added: 09 Oct 2018 [Updated: 09 Oct 2018]
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Article in Armed Forces Journal International - Mine Warfare: Too Cost Effective to Keep?
Document Item Number: 11271817010
  • 11271817010
[Number of Pages: 5]
Author(s): Capt. James R. Williford
Item Creation Date: June 1974
Collection: Garnett Bell Collection
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Added: 06 Sep 2011 [Updated: 06 Sep 2011]
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