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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. |
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. |
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). |
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. |
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). |