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Series I:
Manuscripts
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-595/1 |
Scrapbook, 1987
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Digital content available
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MS01: Scrapbook compiling copies of the following materials: letters
written by veteran to his family at home; transcripts of written
letters; transcripts of audio letters that veteran sent to his family at
home; news clippings; military telegrams informing family that veteran
was killed in action; letters of sympathy from the military, and from
veteran's family and friends; photographs of veteran in Vietnam; letters
from friends describing how veteran was killed. |
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BOX-FOLDER MSS-1642/1 |
Book, 2008
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Digital content available
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MS02: Book titled "Too Young to Die: One Man's Personal Account of
Vietnam, Every Man's Quest for Contribution." Compilation of veteran's
93 letters, transcripts of 26 audio letters, and photographs sent home
to his family and compiled by them. 288 pages. |
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Series II:
Recordings
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BOX CD/DVD-9 |
Audio Correspondence,
December 10, 1966-August 10,
1967
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Digital content available
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SR01: 26 audio letters recorded by veteran and sent home to his family
during his military service in Vietnam (12/10/1966-8/10/1967). Topics
covered include: training in the Philippines; training in Okinawa;
serving as his unit's barber; Operation Deckhouse V; living conditions
at Phu Bai; feelings of resentment towards rear-echelon support
personnel; weather and terrain conditions in Vietnam; summaries of
involvement in combat action; Viet Cong tactics; hardships faced in the
field; negative opinions of South Vietnamese military personnel; care
packages and mail received from home; unreliability of the M-16 rifle;
volunteering and training for service in the Combined Action Program;
future plans for building a house; casualties suffered among his friends
and acquaintances; reflections on Vietnamese society; patrolling and
ambush operations; relations with the South Vietnamese Provincial
Forces; interactions with local population at Cam Hieu; reading the
Bible and attending church services in Vietnam; descriptions of the
other Marines in his unit; heavy casualties suffered by companies in 9th
Marines; describes defenses and operations at the camp near Cam Hieu;
frustration with team leader. |
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BOX VHS-169 |
Home movie
footage |
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Digital content available
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MV01: Video of a slide program featuring selections from veteran's
tape-recorded letters and photos that he sent to his parents from
Vietnam. |
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BOX CD/DVD-9 |
Slide Presentation, 2011
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Digital content available
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MV03: Slide-show style presentation of veteran's photos with narration
provided by his "audio letters" sent home to his family and music. |
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Series III: Computer
Files
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BOX FD-17 |
Photographs |
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Digital content available
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CF01: 10 electronic copies of photographs included within MS01
(scrapbook). |
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BOX CD/DVD-9 |
Book, 2008
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Digital content available
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CF02: Copy of MS02 (book) in PDF format. |
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BOX CD/DVD-9 |
Photographs, 1967-1980
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Digital content available
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CF03: 342 of veteran's photographs in JPEG format with captions
(1967-1980). |
