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Vietnam war miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: 7050

Scope and content

U.S. military documents including U.S. Navy Personal Response Office bulletins and pamphlets; brochure from Massachusetts Political Action for Peace; items relating to folklore and folksongs from the U.S. military in Vietnam; brochures about the Women in Military Service Memorial and the Virginia War Memorial; articles, magazines, and newsletters including "Vietnam War Newsletter" (1981-1983); Vietnamese tract on U.S. imperialism, "South Vietnam U.S. Defeat Inevitable," by General Van Tien Dung, published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Hanoi, 1967. Also, copies of letters from Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman. Also, postage stamps; and a DVD of the film "Winter Soldier" (1972, reissued in 2005), with a publicity flyer and postcard. The film includes many photographs by Sheldon Ramsdell.

Dates

  • 1965-1989.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Documents relating to the Vietnam War, collected from various sources.

Available Copies:

The original letters of Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman are in the National Archives, Record Groups Nos. 59 and 84.

Physical Description

Pamphlets, clippings, ephemera.

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Phil McCray
Date
August 13, 2001
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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