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Vietnam War, 1961-1975

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:

Clara Adams-Ender Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0332
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 10 September 2005; various photographs of her Army Nurse Corps service, 1964-1995.

Dates: 1964-1995, 2005

Elaine Agnes Anderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0191
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 December 2000; photographs of Elaine during her services as a WAC in Germany, 1949-1952; military payment certificates in five and ten cent denominations.

Dates: 1958-1968

Rita A. Barbraitis Collection

 File
Identifier: WV 0564
Content Description

This collection includes May 2014 oral history transcript; photographs; recruiting brochures; 1992-1993 issues of Round Robinette newsletters; identification cards; newspaper clipping; and other miscelleaneous materials from her time with the SRAO American Red Cross.

Dates: circa 1960s- 2014

Elizabeth "Betsy" Blee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0538
Abstract

Elizabeth "Betsy" Summer Blee (b. 1951) served in Ground Supply and as a Mess Officer in the Marine Corps from 1975-1981, and in the Marine Corps Reserves from 1981-1997. Included are her papers, artifacts and pictures from her time in the military, largely focusing on the 1970s.

Dates: 1960-1993; Majority of material found within 1975-1993; Other: Date acquired: 2012 September 21

Irma Jean Brooks Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0347
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 19 April 2006 oral history transcript; photograph of Irma at retirement ceremony with presentation by RADM Emmett Tidd; Textile Box contains white evening dress uniform jacket and skirt circa 1952-1973; Artifact box contains Recruitment command pins; 2 bags of naval rank pins; name tags.

Dates: 1952-1973, 2006

Ruth Virginia Payne Brown Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0193
Content Description

20 December 2000 oral history transcript; formal portrait photograph of Ruth in her WAC uniform in 1953 and 1962; photographs of Ruth during service in 1952-1963; original motor vehicle learners id card issued 1962.

Dates: 1953-1963

Brenda Brubaker Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0353
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 March 2008; Navy Nurse Corps short sleeve white shirtwaist uniform dresses; white summer uniform blouse and skirt; overcoat; white polyester work pullover top and pants uniform; blue seersucker skirt; white short sleeve blouse, all circa 1965-1975.

Dates: 1965-1975, 2008

Mary F. Cannon Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0411
Content Description

Mary F. Cannon (1921-2012) of Chicago, Illinois, was stationed in Korea while a member of the Army Nurse Corps from 1951 to 1953 and in Vietnam during her service with the Navy Nurse Corps from 1958 to 1974.

This collection includes April 2008 oral history interview transcript available for use onsite in the archives, copies of photographs.

Dates: 2008 April 24

Nancy M. Christ Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0408
Content Description

Nancy Margaret Christ of North Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps from 1961 to 1981. Christ earned a Bronze Star for her service during the Vietnam War and retired as a lieutenant colonel.

This Collection includes 23 March 2008 oral history transcript; Tape of "Til the white dove flies alone" by Crystal Gayle made to commemorate the Vietnam Women's Memorial, Washington D.C. November 11, 1993.

Dates: 1993 November 11-2008 March 23

Dale Dempsey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0456
Content Description

The collection includes photographs of Paige during her work with the Red Cross in Cam Ranh Bay; South Vietnam circa 1968; Newspaper article from the Greensboro record dated 4 March 1972 featuring Paige on her service in the Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) during the Vietnam War. American Red Cross News Service typed copy on letterhead about Paige's experiences in the Red Cross during the Vietnam war.

Dates: 1968-1972

Alice Park Fairbrother Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0409
Content Description

Alice Park Fairbrother of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a physical therapist in the United States Army Medical Specialist Corps from 1965 till 1968.

This Collection includes 1 April 2008 oral history transcript; United States Army Physical Therapy Class # 1, August 1966; photograph of plaque with "Outstanding Graduate 2LT Alice H. Park Physical Therapy Course Medical Field Service School 1966" on the inscription plate.

Dates: 1966-2008

Brenda Formo Oral History

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0460
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 16 April 2009.

Dates: 2009 April 16

Lena Burch Gallitano Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0646
Content Description

This collection includes May 2019 oral history transcript; photographs; clippings; certificates; John L. Hennessy Trophy Awards booklet.

Dates: 1967-1971, 2018

Wendy P. Gellert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0493
Content Description Wendy Payor Gellert (b. 1947) of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a chief photographer's mate and a recruit intstructor in the United States Navy WAVES and the Navy from 1966-1992. She retired in 1992 as a command master chief. This collection contains a June 2010 oral history transcript; military papers; copies of photographs of both Gellert and also those taken by her in her role as a United States Navy photographer. The collection also includes copies of Rudder; the...
Dates: 1974-2010

Claudia Butler Geniton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0511
Content Description

Claudia Butler Geniton (b. 1953), of Atlanta, Georgia served in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) and United States Army from 1971 to 1983 on active duty, and the United States Army Reserve from 1983 to 1994, serving during both the Vietnam War and the first Gulf War. This collection includes March 2011 oral history transcript; photographs; a newspaper clipping about Geniton and a green class A dress uniform jacket.

Dates: 2011 March 26

Diane Getz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0454
Content Description

The collection includes a 10 March 2009 oral history transcript; a photograph of Getz while working at her desk, circa 1975; a South Vietnam flag.

Dates: circa 1975, 2009

Bernice Isabel Heath Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0195
Content Description 20 January 2001 oral history transcript; Artifact 1 box contains dogtag; insignia and discharge pins; copy of the History of the 91st Evacuation Hospital Overseas written by Ruth Schwing head nurse, 1945; War Correspondent Broadcast transcript of Iris Carpenter from the 91st Evac Hospital, undated; 91st Research News newsletter, circa 1991; typed "unofficial diary kept by an enlisted man Shorty Reese containing the history of the 91st evac hosp from 1942-45, 2001; newspaper article on...
Dates: 1948-1964

Valeria F. Hilgart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0158
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 1 March 2000; a photograph of Hilgart's Marine Corps service, 1980.

Dates: circa 1980-2000

Mary (Larry) Young Hines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0591
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 3 August 2015; scans of photographs of Hines American Red Cross service, 1968-69.

Dates: circa 1968 to 1969

Agnes "Scottie" Hudson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0339
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an interview, textiles, and photographs.

Dates: Other: 1961 - 2008

Carol Alban Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0413
Content Description Carol A. Johnson (1944-2022), of Columbus, Ohio, served in the United States Women's Army Corps from 1964 till 1968. She served in the office of the secretary of the army during the Vietnamese Tet Offensive. This collection includes 1 May 2008 oral history transcript; program and paperwork for the Star Spangled Pageant, a touring exhibit presenting the history of women's association with the United States Army, circa 1967; copy of the Army Commendation Medal with letter, circa...
Dates: 1966-2008

Mildred Smith Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0192
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 December 2000; a photograph, circa 2000.

Dates: 1954-1961

BJ Kramer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV0582
Content Description

The collection includes a 22 April 2015 oral history transcript; a photograph of Kramer in uniform; 2 typed poems; military papers discussing a hospital remodel at Fort Riley and a copy of Vietnam's United States barracks; various newspaper clippings and full length issues, 1979.

Dates: circa 1961-1983

Rebecca Ann Lloyd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0346
Content Description

April 2006 oral history transcript; Buttons; Cap devices (2); Dog tags; Japanese pin and spoon; Nametags; National Defense medal and ribbon; Pin-on ranks: first lieutenant; major; lieutenant colonel; Plaques (oversize Box 3);Wooden box with United States Navy seal and dates of service engraved; and 1650 slides of Japan, Taipei, Thailand, and the Philippines; taken 1963-1964.

Dates: 1963-1964, 2006

Linda Morgan Maini Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0406
Content Description

Linda Morgan Maini (b. 1943) of Buffalo, New York, and Cleveland, Ohio, served in the American Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) from 1965 to 1969.

This collection includes a 8 March 2008 oral history transcript; newspaper articles concerning Linda Morgan Maini's service in the Red Cross, circa 1967-1968. Copy of Red Cross unit including Linda.

Dates: 1967 November 30- 2008 March 03

Maggie V. McPherson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0123
Scope and Contents

The collection includes printed materials; including newsletters; booklets; yearbooks; and clippings especially from her time in Korea. Also, it includes 3 scrapbooks that document McPherson's Red Cross service, 1947-1959; additional scrapbook of club service at Double Five, Osan, Korea, 1959-1960.

Dates: 1943-1976

Carol Nachtrab Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0404
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 26 February 2008; Discharge paperwork copy from the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War; typewritten memories of service in Vietnam; computer printed images from Judy Vaker Williams ANC RVN 67th Evac, circa 2008; Copy of "To Save a Life.67th Medical Group 1970-1971" brochure highlighting the history, achievements, personnel, and commendations of the United States Army's 67th Medical Group, which at the time of printing was on its fourth...
Dates: 1970-1971, 2007-2008

Nancy Farrell Neubauer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0412
Content Description

The collection includes a 2008 April oral history transcript, 3 typed letters regarding Neubauer's position, Army Payroll Change Slip, newspaper clipping of Neubauer's selection as program director of the At Ease Service Club in Ascom, and member list of US Army Ascom District.

Dates: circa 1966 May-1967 July; 2008 April 26

Maribeth Snyder Peters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0530
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 14 March 2012; various scanned photographs, circa 1968-1971.

Dates: 1969-2012

Elsie Prevatte Pickett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0462
Content Description

This collection includes an oral history transcript, 21 April 2009; photographs; a postcard; press release.

Dates: 1959-1960, 2009

Maxine Newcom Pierce Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0348
Content Description The collection includes an oral history transcript, 8 June 2006; copy of military certificate documenting 20 years of honorable service; military history of assignments from Maxine's naval service from 1957-1963; newspaper clipping "WAVE Maxine Newcom Will Sing In Musical Show "Barnacle Belles", circa 1944; Navy portrait photographs and photographs , circa 1945-1964. Artifact Box contains military ribbons; Textile box contains "Smart Combination" Navy white and black hat; navy Mainbacher...
Dates: 1944-2006

Kathleen Deschamps Poole Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0696
Content Description

The collection includes a green camo blanket; a hand carved Montagnard ladle, arrows, and quiver; a 1st Cavalry patched boonie hat; a Vietnam poetry book titled, "Boondock Bards", various photographs; a bronze star medal with citation; a reel to reel tape of "Armed Forces Radio," 1970.

Dates: 1969-1970

Dorothy Jane Rechel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0196
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 22 January 2001; magnetic tape and cassette tape labeled "Letter to Mother during Tet offensive, 1968"; and portrait photograph of Rechel in Army white dress uniform, circa early 1970s.

Dates: circa 1968-2001

Mary Ellen Shugart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0583
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 28 April 2015; 3 magazine publications, December 1993-November 2011; various scanned photographs, 1964-1970.

Dates: circa 1964-2015

Marcia Jones Snow Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0600
Content Description

This collection includes December 2015 oral history transcript; copies of photographs; and Vietnamese safe conduct pass.

Dates: 1965-1972, 1977-1981, 2015

Paulette Pat Sweeney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0553
Abstract

Paulette Pat Sweeney served in the American Red Cross from 1964-1966. During this time she spent thirteen months working in Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas Programs throughout South Korea before spending a year working at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Dates: 1962-1966; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013

Frances Bradsher Turner Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0236
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 7 January 2002; various photographs of Frances' Army Nurse Corps service, 1942-1971; a resume documenting rank, awards and service in Army.

Dates: 1951-1973

Dale Augusta Van Vacter Angers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0159
Content Description

The collection includes photograph of Angers in uniform, circa 1940s; handwritten timeline of service.

Dates: circa 1942-1963

J. Holley Watts Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0407
Content Description

J. Holley Watts (b. 1944) of Rockville Centre, New York, served in the American Red Cross Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas (SRAO) program from 1966 to 1967 and was stationed in Vietnam.

This collection includes a 9 March 2008 oral history transcript; copies of photographs.

Dates: 2008 March 09

Lee Wilson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0449
Content Description

The collection includes an oral history transcript, 17 February 2010; newspaper clippings from The News and Observer about Vietnam, 30 April 2000.

Dates: 2000, 2010