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Finding Aid: Chuck Abbott Collection Item Number: 13900000000

Association Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
Location: D102.3D, D102.4B, D102.4C, Cold Storage Vault, Photograph Collection, Museum Objects

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Scope & Content:

Film; photographs; rolls of unexposed still negative and 16mm motion pictures film; motion picture film scripts; captions, and critiques; a news article; travel and pay vouchers; travel orders; and additional military administrative papers document Chuck Abbott's service in the United States Army, 1966-1969, particularly with the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO), 1967-1969.

Biographical Note:

Chuck Abbott served in the United States Army for three years (1966-1969). He attended Basic Training from August to October 1966 and then went to Motion Picture School from November 1966 to April 1967. Abbott spent the remainder of his two years in the U.S. Army with the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO), Pacific Detachment. While in DASPO, Abbott served three 90-day Temporary Duties (TDYs) in Vietnam, one 90-day TDY in Thailand, one 90-day TDY in Korea, and a 30-day trip to Taiwan, Okinawa, and Japan.

Access Level:

Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D102.4B	1	1	DASPO (Department of the Army Special Photographic Organization) Pacific Detachment filming assignments
		2	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's first TDY to Vietnam (June-September 1967)
		3	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's second TDY to Vietnam (November 1967 - March 1968)
		4	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's TDY to Thailand (April - July 1968)
		5	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's TDY to Taipei, Okinawa and Japan (August-September 1968)
		6	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's third TDY to Vietnam (October 1968 - January 1969)
		7	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's TDY to Korea (March - June 1969)
		8	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques from Chuck Abbott's TDYs to Hawaii (1967, 1968, 1969)
		9	Motion picture scripts, captions and critiques removed from film cans
D102.4C	2	1	Army Pictorial Center Film Script: The Armored Cavalry Troop: Retrograde Operation
		2	Army Pictorial Center Film Script: Light Observation Helicopter: Maintanability and Reliability
		3	Chuck Abbot travel orders (August 1966-June 1969
		4	Chuck Abbott travel vouchers (August 1966-June 1969)
		5	DA Form 3122 Request for issue / turn in
		6	Chuck Abbot military pay vouchers
		7	Assorted military documents and forms
		8	Catalog: Army Films for Public Use, March 1970
		9	Catalog: Army Films for Public Non-profit Use, May 1972
		10	The Reel McCoy, Information Bulletin Number 1
		11	An Audio-Visual Guide for the Army Instructor
D102.3D Oversize	3	1	Showcase: Foster's Weekly Feature Magazine (4 February 1983) feature article is Memoirs of a Combat Photographer

Separated Materials:

Photographs:	VA036652: AS10-27-3881 18 May 1969 Apollo 10 Moon view showing hose view of command service module.
	VA036653: AS10-34-5109 18 May 1969 Apollow 10 Moon view showing lunar module, taken from CSM 18 May 69.
	VA036654: AS10-34-5112 18 May 1969 Apollo 10 Moon view showing lunar module, taken 18 May 1969.
	VA036655: AS9-20-3134 12 March 1969 Apollo 9 Apollo 9, 12 March 69, on its 136 rev. took picture showing California, Nevada, Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, and Mojave Dessert.
	VA036656: White Sands Missile Range NM 1960.
	VA036657: White Sands Missile Range NM 1960.
Museum Objects:	1390museum1348: 7 rolls of Kodachrome II 16mm motion picture film, exposure index of 40.
	1390museum1349: 7 rolls of Kodachrome II 16mm motion picture film, exposure index of 25.
	1390museum1350: Seven rolls of Kodak Vericolor II Professional, Type S, Color negative film.
	1390museum1351: one roll Eastman Ektachrome Commercial Film Type 7255.
Moving Images:	1390VI1613-1390VI1657 Films made by DASPO and Chuck Abbott from 1961-1972.
Periodicals:	Government Photography, March 1968-December 1968, February 1969-May 1969.
	Government Photography, February-May 1969.

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