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Mark Ryan Black collection, 1966-2011

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Series II: Recordings
BOX CD/DVD-9 Audio Correspondence, December 10, 1966-August 10, 1967
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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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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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MV03: Slide-show style presentation of veteran's photos with narration provided by his "audio letters" sent home to his family and music.
Series III: Computer Files
BOX FD-17 Photographs
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CF01: 10 electronic copies of photographs included within MS01 (scrapbook).
BOX CD/DVD-9 Book, 2008
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CF02: Copy of MS02 (book) in PDF format.
BOX CD/DVD-9 Photographs, 1967-1980
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CF03: 342 of veteran's photographs in JPEG format with captions (1967-1980).

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