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Chavez, (Vincent "Frank") Photograph Album
SPC.2020.006
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Vincent "Frank" Chavez Photograph Album
Creator:
Chavez, Vincent "Frank"
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2020.006
Physical Description:
1 box
1 photograph album
Physical Description:
0.209 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1940s-1980s
Abstract: The Vincent "Frank" Chavez Photograph Album includes photographs documenting Chavez' military service, Mexican-American family
life in California from the late 1940s through the 1980s, and clippings and ephemera relating to life as a Vietnam Veteran.
Language of Material:
English
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Vincent "Frank" Chavez (1949-2011) born on December 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California was a Mexican-American Marine from
Cloverfield, California who served in the Vietnam war. While serving as a Marine with the Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion,
26th regiment, Lima Company, Chavez was involved in Operation Oklahoma Hills. During this operation, Chavez, under heavy fire
and disreagrd for his own safety, retrieved the platoon commander Liuetenant Ronald Rossini. This act of valor earned him
the Bronze Star with Combat V.
The Vincent "Frank" Chavez Photograph Album (1940-1980) contains one photograph album belonging to Vincent "Frank" Chavez,
a Mexican American Marine from Cloverfield, California who served in Vietnam. Included in this album are images of Chavez
and presumably his family and friends; images taken at Camp Pendleton and Vietnam; images of marines and military equipment;
and images taken on the U.S.S Paul Revere. Also included in this album are clippings regarding a veterans protest of Rambo
and missing POWs in Vietnam; greeting cards; a poem written by Chavez regarding his time in Vietnam; headshots of actors and
stuntmen; comic strips, cartoons, and drawings, and other ephemera.
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collestions as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Danielle A. Trujillo 2020-02-28
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
Mexican Americans
Mexican American families
Mexican American soldiers