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1. Neil Sheehan papers, 1920-1993

   110,000 items. 239 containers plus 8 classified and 1 oversize. 129 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author and journalist.Correspondence, drafts of writings, notes, research material, interview transcripts, and other papers relating to Sheehan's writings concerning the Vietnam War, especially his books, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988) and After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon (1992), and to publication of the Pentagon Papers.

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2. Neil Sheehan map collection

   73 maps . 6 folders. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists of 72 maps, and the most unique among them is an annotated map of the Battle of Tan Canh that occurred during the U.S. drawdown from the war in 1972. The other items include a disbound atlas of South Vietnam; various maps of North and South Vietnam; and U.S. military maps of South Vietnam and Cambodia. The materials appear to have been used by Sheehan in preparation of his 1988 book, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.