Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Notes
Neil Sheehan
Date | Event |
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1936, Oct. 27 | Born, Holyoke, Mass. |
1958 | B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1961-1962 | Night editor, Asian bureau, United Press International, Tokyo, Japan |
1962-1964 | Saigon bureau chief, United Press International, Saigon, South Vietnam |
1964-1965 | Metropolitan desk and general assignment reporter, New York Times, New York, N.Y. |
1965 | Indonesia correspondent, New York Times, Djakarta, Indonesia |
1965-1966 | Vietnam correspondent, New York Times, Saigon, South Vietnam |
1966-1968 | Defense Department correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau |
1968 | White House correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau |
1969 | National security affairs correspondent, New York Times, Washington, D.C., bureau |
1971 | Pentagon Papers excerpted in the New York Times Published The Pentagon Papers as Published in the New York Times, Based on Investigative Reporting by Neil Sheehan(Toronto and New York: Bantam Books. 677 pp.); reissued as The Pentagon Papers as Published in the New York Times (New York: Quadrangle Books. 810 pp.) |
1972 | Published The Arnheiter Affair (New York: Random House. 304 pp.) Began leave of absence from the New York Times to write a biography of John Paul Vann |
1975 | Resigned from the New York Times |
1988 | Published A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (New York: Random House. 861 pp.) Received National Book Award |
1989 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize |
1992 | Published After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon (New York: Random House. 131 pp.) |
John Paul Vann
Date | Event |
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1924, July 2 | Born John Paul Legay, Norfolk, Va. |
1939-1942 | Attended Ferrum Training School and Junior College, Ferrum, Va. |
1942 | Changed name to John Paul Vann |
1943 | Enlisted in army; assigned to Army Air Corps |
1945 | Graduated, Navigation School, receiving rank of second lieutenant, Army Air Corps Married Mary Jane Allen (divorced 1971) |
1946 | Commissioned, Regular Army Attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. |
1947 | Transferred to infantry |
1950 | Supply and evacuation officer, Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, Korean War |
1950-1951 | Commander, Ranger Company, Twenty-fifth Infantry Division, Korean War |
1952-1954 | Attended Rutgers University Business School, New Brunswick, N.J. Instructor, Reserve Officer Training Corps, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. |
1957-1958 | Attended Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. |
1958-1959 | Attended Army Comptrollers School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., completing M.B.A. in statistics and residency requirements for a doctorate in public administration |
1962 | Staff advisor, III Corps Headquarters, Saigon, South Vietnam Senior advisor, Seventh Infantry Division, Army of the Republic of Vietnam, with headquarters in My Tho, South Vietnam |
1963 | Assigned to the Pentagon Retired from the army |
1963-1965 | Sales representative, Martin Co., a division of Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo. |
1965 | Province representative, Agency for International Development, Hau Nghia, South Vietnam |
1966 | Manager, Revolutionary Development Cadre Project, Vung Tau pacification training center, South Vietnam |
1966-1969 | Deputy director for field operations and director, Office of Civil Operations (OCO), Region III, South Vietnam |
1969-1971 | Deputy, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS), Region IV, South Vietnam |
1971 | Senior Advisor with power of command over military forces, Region II, South Vietnam |
1972, June 9 | Died in a helicopter crash near the Montagnard hamlet of Ro Uay, South Vietnam |