Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive News and Updates
The Vietnam Center and Archive is now on YouTube
The Vietnam Center and Archive now has its own channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/vietnamttu
The videos currently on our channel are unique, historical films from our collections and include:
-Film of U.S. soldiers spraying Agent Orange without protective equipment
-Scenes from the inauguration of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu
-Military Sentry Dog training
-Scenes from markets and villages in Southeast Asia during the war
-Film of an air show and military equipment
We hope that displaying our videos on YouTube will expose a larger audience to our vast collection of moving images concerning the Vietnam War. More videos will be added in the future so please check back periodically.
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Happy Birthday Marines!
Happy Birthday United States Marines!
On November 10th, 1775 the US Continental Congress created the Continental Marines to fight in the American Revolution and today the Marines celebrate their 234th birthday. Congratulations!
The Vietnam Archive wishes to honor all Marines on their special day today. Here are a few Marine related items from our collection. Semper Fidelis.
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Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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