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 Finding Aid: William E. Kirkland Collection Item Number: 2780000000

Association Collection (Tet '68 Association)
Location: D056.6E,D056.6F Museum Objects, Periodical Collection; Photograph Collection; Cold Storage Vault


Scope & Content:

  • Approximately five linear feet of books, photographs, museum objects, VHS tapes, audio cassette tapes, newsletters, periodicals, posters, newspaper clippings and depositions document various topics related to the Vietnam Conflict. The depositions are the Senate hearings of the case of Robert Garwood from 1992. Most other materials also date from the post-war period and include materials on the Vietnam War Memorial, the 9th Infantry Division, and Tet '68 Association.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D056.6E101
Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Pt. 1 of 2 pp. 1-314 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Pt. 2 of 2 pp. 315-486 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Copy 2 pp. 186-354. 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Robert Garwood. Copy 3 pp. 186-287. 21-23 Jan 1992
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Transcript, Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate Deposition of Benjamin Rivers Ogburn RE: Robert Garwood 23 Nov 1992, List of Depositions (2 copies)
Draft, Preliminary Inventory: Records of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs 102nd Congress (1991-1992)
06
Correspondence, National Archives researchers instructions and ID. Research notes
07
Photocopy of "A Clear Case of Overt Treason," August 14, 1972
Program for the Dedication Service for The Little Sanctuary at St. Albans School, November 11, 1989
Songs for Rally, Festival Park, March 23, 1991
Pamphlet for Arlington National Cemetary
Vietnam Veteran Products, Catalog Number 10, 1996-1998
D & G Enterprises Catalog
Flyer from International Images, Inc. - A Tribute to Those Who Served in Vietnam
Small Notebook kept by Kirkland in Vietnam. Contains notes on his activities including travel information.
Republican State Convention Souvenir Program from JUne 12-13, 1964 at Richmond, Virginia
D056.6F0201
Correspondence
02
Vietnam Veterans Locator: Report of Military and Civilian Personnel Listed as POW, Captured, or Missing in Action in Southeast Asia, 1961-1979
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Newspaper clippings and articles
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Brochures, Pamphlets, Programs
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Vietnan War Medal of Honor Recipients (Internet printouts)
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Tet '68 Inc. Material
07Assorted Material 
Tet '68 nametag for Kirkland
Vietnam Wall Rubbings
9th Infantry Division Mekong Delta River Raiders (1967-1968) contact list. Original in Restricted Access File
First Vietnam Veterans Advocate National COnvention Poem by Steve Mason (7 Nov 1983)
Excerpt from SBA (Small Business Administration) News (21 March 1988)
POW Network Internet Printout
Cover of JET Magazine featuring General Colin Powell (7 Sept 1992)
Senator L. Douglas Wilder political campaign material
POW/MIA awareness material
Ace of Spades death cards
POW/MIA Silhouette
Internet communiques and articles regarding John Kerry and the 2004 election and the USS Mayaguez Incident
Material regarding 'A Thousand Tears Falling' by Yung Krall
08
Colonel John Ripley
09
Smithsonian Institute Project on the Vietnam Generation
10
Sergeant Major Joseph Lupyak
11
An Examination of US Policy Toward POW/MIAs by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Republican Staff (23 May 1993) (2 copies)
12
Funeral Memorial Service Program for Dennis Ivan Davis (12 Jan 2003)
Funeral Memorial Service Program for Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. (2 Jan 2000)
POW/MIA Vigils of Remembrance programs (2002-2006)
The Wall Experience Program (7 June 1991)
Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later Program (29 Aug through 12 Nov 2002) (2 copies)
Military Reunion Groups brochure
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge Dedication Ceremony Program (20 Sept 2002)
Vietnam Booklist
Copy of a photograph of William E. Kirkland and the flag presented to the Virginia War Memorial for their ceiling display of unit flags
13
City of Hamptom, Virginia, Proclamation (3-5 Feb 2006)
14
Newpaper clippings
15
"Grunts" 1988 Calendar
"Boycott Jane Fonda" bumper sticker
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Materials from Tet '68 reunion in February 2007
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Army Medical Service Records for Co. d 4th Medical Batt. 4th Inf. Div.
U.S. Labor Department brochure titled: The Right Job
U.S. Civil Service Comission pamphlet titled: Opportunities in the Federal Service for Vietnam Era Veterans
U.S. Department of Labor note for the returning Vietnam Veteran
Command Information Fact Sheet
Department of the Army Mobilization Designation Nomination
Ace of Spades Death cards
18
Essays and thank you letters from the Tet '68 2006 scholarship winners

Separated Materials:

Books:POW / MIAs: Report of the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, United States Senate (13 Jan 1993).
 Vietnam Veterans Parade - Chicago 1986 by Tom Conroy (photographs) and Kris Colt (text).
 Nam Vet: Making Peace with Your Past by Chuck Dean.
Photographs:2 Panoramic photographs from a Tet Association Reunion, 1988.
 VA056421: Photograph of William E. Kirkland at Camp Enari, Pleiku, November 1967.
 VA049265 - VA049279: 14 Photographs of a Veteran's Parade in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1986.
 10 Strips of negatives of a Veteran's Parade in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1986.
 VA044090 - VA044098, VA045253.
 VA049801 - VA049811, VA049813: 11 photographs of the Tomb of the Unknown.
 VA049812 - VA049811: 2 photographs of WIlliam Kirkland.
 6 strips of negatives.
 VA050210: 1 photo of a dog drinking a beer at a military base.
 Chrystin Garland.
 Victoria E. Hague.
 Michael McLane Maurer.
 VA064095 - VA064097.
 VAN019546-VAN019582.
Posters:Poster containing unit isignias which designate where the units were located in Vietnam (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1).
 Poster titled "It's Time To Bring Them Home" (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1).
 Poster titled "United States Army Airborne" (Section 12, Drawer 8, Folder 1).
Museum Objects:14 T-shirts.
 278museum2920: Coastal Surveillance Force Operation Market Time patch.
 278museum2921: Mobile Riverine Force, Vietnam patch.
 278museum2922: River Patrol Force TF-116 patch.
 278museum2923: U.S. Coast Guard Vietnam Veteran patch.
 278museum2924: U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam patch.
 278museum2925: Tet '68 Coffee Mug.
 278museum2926: Tet '68 Reunion Commemorative Coin.
 278museum2927: Tet '68 Pen.
 278museum2929: Poster board containing unit patches designating where the units were located in Vietnam.
Moving Images:36 VHS tapes 278VI2168 through 278VI22036.
Audio:9 Audio cassette tapes 278AU2087 through 278AU2095.
Newsletters:The Journey (March 1997).
Periodicals:Military Aug 1991 (5 copies).
Dec 1992.
Feb 1991.
Feb 1995 Richmond Times Dispatch Sept 27, 1992 VFW March 1993 Ebony Feb 1991 Veterans Journal Spring 1998.
Fall 1996.
Summer 1996 Time May 7, 2001 Washington Post Magazine Nov 5, 1989 Vietnam.
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 Apr 1990.
Feb 1990 (2 copies).
Dec 1989.
Summer 1988 (2 copies)Oct 1989.
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Fall 1988.
Winter 1988.
Spring 1989 (2 copies).
 Vietnam (Spring 1989).
 Vietnam (Feb 1993).
 Vietnam (Aug 1998).
 Military (Vol. 3 Num. 3) (August 1991).
 Military (Vol. 4 Num. 9) (Feb 1990).
 Veterans Outlook (February 1988).
 Veterans Outlook (March 1990) (2 copies).
 Veterans Outlook (May 1991).

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