The Vietnam Center and Archive: Finding Aid

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Individual Collection
Location: D060.3G; Newsletter Collection; Cold Storage Vault; Poster Collection

Less than one linear foot of newsclippings, photocopied scrapbooks, a reunion banner, photographs, audio CDs, and newsletters document Gary Smith's service with the 981st Military Police Company in Vietnam. Most materials are in good condition and date from both the war and post-war periods.

Gary Smith was born in Nobelsville, Indiana in 1951. He was drafted in 1971 by the U.S. Army. While in Vietnam, Smith served with the 981st MP Company (SD) as a Sentry Dog Handler. He was held the rank of PFC and then SP4 while in Vietnam for seven months. Smith was stationed at Tuy Hoa, Lane Air Field, Cam Rahn Bay. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal. He served in the Army until discharge in 1995, ranked as a First Sergeant. He now works as a Deputy Sheriff.

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D060.3G	1	1	Newspaper article, "War Dogs remembered"
			Correspondence between Randy Kimler and Gary Smith (Original in Restricted Access File)
			Correspondence between Larry R. Majeski and Gary Smith, 29 August 1997 (Original in Restricted Access File)
			Roster of 212th-981st-595th Military Police Companies (Sentry Dog) (Original in Restricted Access File)
			Military Police Corps Regimental History (United States Army Military Police School)
		2	Maryland Gazette article: "Kennel honors fallen heroes" (1 July 2006)
			Two photocopies scrapbooks

Photographs:	VA043772-VA043774: 3 Photographs of the 212th Military Police Company (Sentry Dog), 1972.
Posters:	Military Police Sentry Dog Alumni Reunion Banner (Section 12 Drawer 16).
Audio:	1686EM0320: Audio CD: Welcome Home by Dave Keeton.
Newsletters:	37 DogMan Newsletters (Vietnam Dog Handler Association), September/October 1994 - July 2008.
	26 Vietnam Military Police Sentry Dogs Alumni Newsletters, June 1996-January/Febuary 2009.

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An Oral History Interview has been conducted with this individual. Use the link below to view a record for this interview.

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