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 Finding Aid: Jimmy Dale Miller Collection Item Number: 17700000000

Individual Collection
Location: D099.4B; D054.1; Cold Storage Vault; Library; Museum Object Collection; Photograph Collection; Poster Collection; D165.1 Video Overflow, Periodical Collection


Scope & Content:

  • Five linear feet of books, VHS tapes, audio cassettes, correspondence, maps, posters, poetry, postcards, photographs, brochures, bumper stickers, certificates, articles, Agent Orange reports, PTSD reports, and a T-shirt documenting Phyllis Miller Copus' work with the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam War In Memory Project which is dedicated to Vietnam Veterans who did not die during the war, but died later as a result of the war.

Biographical Note:

  • Jimmy Dale Miller was born in 1946 in Oakland, California. In 1965, Miller volunteered for the United States Navy, in which he served in Special Operations, 1965-1969. During this time, Miller served as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist aboard the USS Forrestal, including during the 1967 fire. Colonel Don Summers of North Carolina served as Miller's commanding officer and Captain of Special Forces during the Vietnam Conflict. In 1971, Miller was discharged after receiving the Vietnam Service Ribbon. He then joined the Vietnam Veterans of America and held various jobs, including car salesman, TV repairman, dump truck driver, house builder and tire shop manager.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D099.4B11
Correspondence 1995
2
Correspondence 1996
3
Correspondence 1997
4
Correspondence 1998
5
In Memory Certificates from Kansas City, Missouri
6
In Memory Honor Roll
7
In Memory Honor Roll
8
In Memory Honor Roll
9
In Memory Honor Roll
10
In Memory Honor Roll
11
In Memory Honor Roll
12
Missing Veterans by Unit
13
Missing Veterans by State
14
Listing of Names on the Vietnam Memorial
15
Listing of Names on the Vietnam Memorial-Kansas
16
Miscellaneous Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Articles
17
Miscellaneous Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Articles
18
Guide for the Preparation and Submission of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Research Requests
19
Miscellaneous information regarding the health effects of Agent Orange
20
The American War Veterans Directory
21
Veterans Archive Project Directory of United States Prisoners of War and Missing in Action as a Result of the Vietnam War
22
Poetry by Vietnam Veterans
23
Miscellaneous documents regarding the Friends of the Vietnam Memorial
24
Information regarding the Vietnam Veteran artist Bill Street
25
Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles regarding the Vietnam War
26
Miscellaneous information regarding Vietnam Veterans
27
Miscellaneous documents regarding the Friends of the Vietnam Memorial
28
Miscellaneous documents regarding the Vietnam War
D054.12(Oversize)1
Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine articles regarding the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Memorial, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Agent Orange

Separated Materials:

Books:The American War Veterans Directory.
 The Legacy of Vietnam Veterans and Their Families - Survivors of War: Catalyst for Change.
 Veterans and Agen Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam.
 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Directory of Names.
Photographs:VA045627-VA045800: 174 photographs documenting Phyllis Copus' work with the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans In Memory Project.
Posters:The Vietnam War Memorial, Washington, D.C. (Section 12 Drawer 20).
 War is Hell by Bill Street (Section 12 Drawer 20).
Museum Objects:1770museum2436: T-shirt from the Vietnam War In Memory Project.
Moving Images:1770VI2209: Why My Child?
 1770VI2210: Combat Vietnam: Rivers, Sea and Air.
 1770VI2211: All The Unsung Heroes: The Story of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
 1770VI2212: Vietnam: A Television History, Volume 1.
 1770VI2213: The Hanoi Hilton.
 1770VI2214: Vietnam: The Call of Duty.
 1770VI2215: Battlefield Vietnam: The Undeclared War.
 1770VI2216: Battlefield Vietnam: Dien Bien Phu, The Legacy.
 1770VI2217: Battlefield Vietnam: The Fall of Saigon.
 1770VI2218: Battlefield Vietnam: "Peace with Honor".
 1770VI2219: Battlefield Vietnam: Rolling Thunder.
 1770VI2220: Battlefield Vietnam: Air War Vietnam.
 1770VI2221: Battlefield Vietnam: Countdown to Tet.
 1770VI2222: Battlefield Vietnam: Siege at Khe Sanh.
 1770VI2223: Battlefield Vietnam: War on the DMZ.
 1770VI2224: Battlefield Vietnam: Showdown in the Iron Triangle.
 1770VI2225: Battlefield Vietnam: Search and Destroy.
 1770VI2226: Battlefield Vietnam: The Tet Offensive.
 1770VI2227: George Jones: "Wild Irish Rose".
 1770VI2228: Ranch Hand Vietnam and Vietnam: The Secret Agent.
 1770VI2229: Ranch Hand Vietnam and Vietnam: The Secret Agent.
 1770VI2230: Unnatural Causes.
 1770VI2231: The Fall of Saigon.
 1770VI2232: The Fall of Saigon.
 1770VI2233: After the Fire.
 1770VI2234: Kelly and Company Agent Orange.
 1770VI2235: Vietnam Veterans, Their Families, Their Legacy.
 1770VI2236: In Memory: Veterans Day 1995.
 1770VI2237: Agent Orange.
 1770VI2238: Agent Orange.
 1770VI2239: In Memory: Veterans Day 1995.
 1770VI2240: The Wall.
 1770VI2241: Sound Off!: The Wall.
 1770VI2242: Moving Wall: Bartlesville, Oklahoma 1995.
 1770VI2243: Out of The Night.
 1770VI2244: Veterans Day 1995.
 1770VI2245: Veterans Day: Kansas City, Missouri.
 1770VI2246: NBC News interview featuring Harold Jackson.
 1770VI2247: In Memory: Veteran's Day Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2248: Veteran's Day: Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2249: Vietnam: Pro Wrestling.
 1770VI2250: In Memory.
 1770VI2251: The Wall.
 1770VI2252: Vietnam: A Television History.
 1770VI2253: Someone to Watch Over Me.
 1770VI2254: In Memory.
 1770VI2255: Peter Arnett.
 1770VI2256: In Memory: Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2257: In Memory: Wall Memorial.
 1770VI2258: Larry King Live.
 1770VI2259: VHS cassette containing various Agent Orange related programs.
 1770VI2260: The Wall.
 1770VI2261: The Wall.
 1770VI2262: In Memory: Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2263: In Memory: Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2264: In Memory: Washington, D.C.
 1770VI2265: In Memory: Arlington National Cemetery.
 1770VI2266: In Memory: Veterans Day 1995.
 1770VI2267: Veterans Day: Washington, D.C., 1994.
 1770VI2268: Unidentified VHS Cassette.
 1770VI2269: Unidentified VHS Cassette.
 1770VI2270: Unidentified VHS Cassette.
 1770VI2271: Unidentified VHS Cassette.
 VHS: 25th Anniversary Ceremonies Plus Trial by Fire.
 VHS: After the Fire: Geographic Explorer.
 VHS: On Board Forrestal Plus Trial by Fire.
 VHS: USS Forrestal: Situation Critical.
Audio:1770AU2101: Brit Small and Festival "America Called".
 1770AU2102: Brit Small and Festival "Tattered Flags-Broken Promises".
 1770AU2103: Brit Small and Festival " Colors".
 1770AU2104: Brit Small and Festival "Cross Country".
 1770AU2105: Brit Small and Festival "Dakota Woman".
 1770AU2106: Festival "Just Another Band From Skidmore".
 1770AU2107: Festival "On the Road 1983".
 1770AU2108: Brit Small and Festival "Put Out the Roses".
 1770AU2109: Dave Kyle "Ghost of Vietnam".
 1770AU2110: Marie Zerby "Strong Men Cry and The Wall".
 1770AU2111: Phil "Finally Welcomed Home".
 1770AU2112: Jam'n Jimi "LZ-Friendly Campout Music Volume 1".
 1770AU2113: Various Artists "Songs of the Wall".
 1770AU2114: "I Lost My Soul in a Strange Land".
 1770AU2115: Various Artists "In Country: Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War".
 1770AU2116: "USS Forrestal Fire 29 July 1967".
 1770AU2117: Unidentified Audio Cassette.
Newsletters:Among Friends, Summer 1994.
Periodicals:Leatherneck: November 2005.
February 2006.
May 2008-December 2008.
January 2009-December 2009.
January 2010-March 2010.

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