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Item Number: 14420101001 (Record 53208)
Document Title:
One Dollar Singapore Bank Note
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
2
Date:
No Date
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
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Link to One Dollar Singapore Bank Note
Citation:
One Dollar Singapore Bank Note,  No Date, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101001>.
Item Number: 14420101002 (Record 53199)
Document Title:
One Dollar Military Payment Certificate
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
2
Date:
No Date
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
View Item:
Link to One Dollar Military Payment Certificate
Citation:
One Dollar Military Payment Certificate,  No Date, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101002>.
Item Number: 14420101003 (Record 53202)
Document Title:
Five Dollar Military Payment Certificate
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
2
Date:
No Date
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
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Link to Five Dollar Military Payment Certificate
Citation:
Five Dollar Military Payment Certificate,  No Date, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101003>.
Item Number: 14420101004 (Record 52516)
Document Title:
Western Union Telegram (And Envelope) From Richard Burke To His Parents Letting Them Know That He Survived The Collision With HMAS Melbourne - June 4, 1969
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
3
Date:
04 June 1969
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
Note:
Information (address, SSN, etc...) has been removed from this item by the Archive in order to protect the privacy of the donor or persons mentioned within.
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Link to Western Union Telegram (And Envelope) From Richard Burke To His Parents Letting Them Know That He Survived The Collision With HMAS Melbourne
Citation:
Western Union Telegram (And Envelope) From Richard Burke To His Parents Letting Them Know That He Survived The Collision With HMAS Melbourne,  04 June 1969, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101004>.
Item Number: 14420101005 (Record 52528)
Document Title:
Photocopy Of Original Orders Issued To Richard Burke - June 8, 1969
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
1
Date:
08 June 1969
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
Note:
Information (address, SSN, etc...) has been removed from this item by the Archive in order to protect the privacy of the donor or persons mentioned within.
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Link to Photocopy Of Original Orders Issued To Richard Burke
Citation:
Photocopy Of Original Orders Issued To Richard Burke,  08 June 1969, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101005>.
Item Number: 14420101006 (Record 256932)
Document Title:
Newsclipping: " Richard F. Burke is Serving on USS Frank E. Evans " From South Gate Press - May 15, 1969
Language/Translation:
English
Document Pages:
1
Date:
15 May 1969
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Document (.pdf)
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Item not available online
Reason Unavailable:
Item is Copyrighted
Citation:
Newsclipping: " Richard F. Burke is Serving on USS Frank E. Evans " From South Gate Press,  15 May 1969, Folder 01, Box 01, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420101006>.
Item Number: 1442museum1440 (Record 215416)
Date:
No Date
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Museum Object (.jpg)
Description:
Belt buckle with USN in upper corner and embossed silhouettes of Korea, Mount Fuji, Okinawa and Japan. The following locatons are also embossed: Seoll, Pusan, Sasebo, Okinawa, Hiroshima, Kobe, Todyo, Yokohama, Yokusuka, Sendai, and Titose.
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Link to Museum Object
Citation:
Museum Object,  No Date, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1442museum1440>.
  (Record 215410)
Title:
Newsweek - Volume 73, Issue 24
Language/Translation:
English
# of Articles:
unknown (0 pages digitized)
Date:
16 June 1969
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Serial
Publisher:
Newsweek
Description:
Mission to Midway: The Nixon Thiu Talks "
-" Mr. Nixon Changes Tone "
-" Disasters: Collisions at Sea
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Item not available online
Citation:
Newsweek, 73:24 (1969/06/16),   Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=Serial>.
Item Number: 14420000000 (Record 215372)
Title:
Finding Aid for the Richard Burke Collection
Collection:
Richard Burke Collection (USS Frank E. Evans Association)
Media Type:
Finding Aid
Scope and Content:
Military payment certificates and Singapore currency, a U.S. Navy belt buckle, a Western Union telegram, a photocopy of naval orders, and newspaper and newspaper clippings document Richard Burke's tour of duty aboard the USS Frank E. Evans and the Evans' subsequent collision with the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne. The newspapers include a run from Pacific Stars and Stripes, June 4-8, 1969 purchased by Burke in the Philippines. There are also newspapers from the United States from June 1969 and May 27, 2001. All of the newspapers chronicle the Frank E. Evans' collision. The Western Union telegram was sent by Burke to his parents on June 8, 1969 stating that he was safe following the collision.
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Link to Finding Aid for Richard Burke Collection
Citation:
Finding Aid,  No Date, Richard Burke Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=14420000000>.


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