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Association Collection (Americal Division Veterans Association)
Location: D060.5; Museum Objects

Less than one linear foot of museum artifacts including an air pillow, an Americal Division wallet, a pair of Ho Chi Minh sandals, a knife, and excerpts from a diary document Fred Salazar's tour of duty in Vietnam, 1969-1970. The materials date from the war era.

Fred Salazar was born in 1949 in Beeville, Texas. He volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1969 and served for six years, nine months of which were in Vietnam. He served as a E-2 infantryman with Company B, 4/3 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, from September 1969 to May of 1970. Salazar was stationed on San Juan Hill, Duc Pho, and Chu Lai. He was involved in the battle for Hill 285 on 3 January, 1970 and earned the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantry Badge. Fred Salazar was honorably discharged as an E-4 infantryman in 1971.

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D060.5	1	1	Excerpts from Fred Salazar's diary 2 September, 1969 - 26 October, 1969
			US Army Reception Station booklet from Fort Bliss, Texas

Museum Objects:	1742museum2915: Air pillow.
	1742museum2916: Ho Chi Minh sandals.
	1742museum2917: Kinfe with holder made from M-60 ammunition box, found by Fred Salazar in a bunker.
	1742museum2918 Americal Division wallet.

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