A piece torn from a black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the surrender of a Viet-Cong soldier on the front with text and leaflet number (246-131-68) on the reverse.
Three-page handwritten letter written from Ammons to his family recounting his attendance at the Bob Hope USO show on Christmas Eve in 1967. He describes being issued clean fatigues, flying on a Chinook helicopter to Lai Khe Base Camp, and viewing...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys front image of Viet-Cong burning and pillaging a village with victims scattered about and, on the reverse, an image of American soldiers visiting the burned remains of the village and...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys on the front a split image of Viet-Cong blowing up a hut and on the back a happy non-combatant family in a safe village. The reverse contains text and the leaflet number (246-354).
Two-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family. He recounts a search and destroy mission undertaken by his company and his selection to attend the Bob Hope USO Christmas show.
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons at Lai Khe Base Camp to his family describing his assignment to the 3rd Platoon as a Rifleman. He will be carrying the M79 grenade launcher, two Claymore mines, trip flares, grenades, and a .45 caliber...
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family. He describes returning to his company's Lai Khe Base Camp from Close Infantry Combat (C.I.C) training to find the company had two men killed and two wounded in an ambush. The unit had...
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing his role as a squad leader. He also lists the names and responsibilities of the other men in his squad.
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing firing an M79 grenade launcher at two Viet-Cong. He also says that he is known as "the best 'M-79 man' in the Company."
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing his reaction to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. He also talks about his platoon leader, Lt. Brown, and about enjoying listening to U.S. music on the radio.
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing finding a rice cache and drums of CS gas (tear gas) on a search-and-destroy mission. He also writes about a rocket attack on the Close Infantry Combat (CIC) school.
Three-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing a Viet-Cong mortar attack on the fire support base occupied by his company.
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing the casualties his company sustained while on their most recent search-and-destroy mission from Dong Tam Base Camp.
Seven-page letter written by Christopher Ammons recounting a sniper attack on his company the previous day that claimed the lives of four soldiers. While on patrol 6,000 meters southwest of Saigon, Ammons's squad comes under sniper attack, and for...
Grand Army of the Republic medal given to John G. Decker, who served in Co. K, 32nd Ind. Vol. Inf., USA, from 1861 to 1866. Numerous letters written by Decker are included in the collection. See also the John G. Decker Papers, Mf. 1964.
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) spoon commemorating a reunion. The handle of the spoon is in the shape of a soldier with a rifle. An eagle, holding a sword over two crossed cannons sits in the base of the spoon.
Membership certificate of Andrew J. Brown from the Grand Army of the Republic. Brown is listed as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 8th Tennessee Cavalry and served for one year and eight months.
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) items in wooden frame. The most striking is a veteran's medal made with a silk U.S. flag suspended from a spread-eagle pin. A five-pointed star hangs from the flag. Also included are two GAR buttons, a GAR cap...
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) pin attached to a silk ribbon. Printed on it are crossed U. S. flags and "E. D. Baker, Post No. 80, Storm Lake, Iowa." Gold fringe on bottom. Round GAR button, affixed at center of ribbon, is printed with the words,...
This Grand Army of the Republic veteran medal belonged to Pvt. William Wilkerson Masters of Co. M, 8th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. He walked with his brother Alexander to Knoxville to join the Union army and served from May 31, 1863, until September 11,...
