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| Series II: Photographs | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER OVZ-353/1 | Original Photographic Prints | ||||||||||||
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| PH01: Print of an aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Hanoi Hilton prison camp, North Vietnam. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER OVZ-287/1 | Original Photographic Prints | ||||||||||||
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| PH02: Print of an aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Hanoi Hilton prison camp, North Vietnam. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS-2723/1-3 | Original Photographic Prints, 1967-1996 | ||||||||||||
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| PH03-PH04: Prints of aerial reconnaissance photographs of the Plantation
prison camp, North Vietnam. PH05: Print of an aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Hanoi Hilton prison camp, North Vietnam. PH06: Print of an aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Dogpatch prison camp, North Vietnam. PH07: Print of an aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Zoo prison camp, North Vietnam. PH08: Portrait of Stavast in uniform. PH09-PH10: Stavast and an unidentified pilot, possibly a Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilot, undergoing training. PH11: Unidentified group of Air Force officers. PH12: Stavast with other officers of the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Thailand (1967). PH13: Stavast (left) and his weapon systems operator, Gerald Venanzi (1967). PH14: Portrait of Stavast's weapon systems operator, Gerald Venanzi, in uniform. PH15-PH26: Prints of images taken from a film of a Christmas church service held by prisoners in the Hỏa Lò Prison (Hanoi Hilton) (December 1969). PH27-PH77: "Welcome Home" event held in Stavast's honor in Claremont, California (1973). PH78: Stavast with his wife, Shirley. PH79: Stavast seated on a couch. PH80-PH83: Stavast arriving at March Field, California (1973). PH84: Stavast meeting George Wallace. PH85: Stavast in front of an airplane, speaking into microphones. PH86-PH90: Stavast before and after a "champagne flight," Randolph Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (1974). PH91: Stavast receiving the first and second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star, plus the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star, presented by Major General Larry M. Killpack, Bergstrom Air Force base (AFB), Texas. Stavast received these awards for his actions while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Also pictured, Congressman Jake Pickle (left). PH92: Portrait of Stavast in uniform. PH93: Shirley Stavast with an unidentified man and woman. PH94: Shirley Stavast standing next to a "freedom tree," Claremont, California. PH95-PH98: Collages of images of Operation Homecoming, showing prisoners returning to US control. Stavast does not appear in any of the images (1973). PH99: Stavast shaking hands with another officer (1973). PH100: Stavast with Robert A. "Bob" Hoover, former air show pilot and United States Air Force test pilot and fighter pilot (1996). |
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| BOX-FOLDER MSS-2723/4 | Negative, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| PH101: 3.5 inch x 5 inch negative of PH99. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS-2723/5 | Photocopy of photographic print | ||||||||||||
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| PH102: Stavast in a flight suit later in his life. | |||||||||||||
| BOX-FOLDER MSS-2804/4 | Photocopy of photographic print, 1975 | ||||||||||||
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| PH103: Stavast official photograph in dress uniform wearing medals (January 3,1975). | |||||||||||||