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Mulligan, Jim E. (Vietnam War correspondence)
2015.067.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Jim E. Mulligan, Jr. Vietnam War correspondence
source:
Johnson, Shirley M.
Creator:
Mulligan, Jim E., Jr.
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.067.w.r
Identifier/Call Number: 1252
Physical Description:
0.025 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1967 June - September
Abstract: This collection contains three letters from PFC Jim E. Mulligan, USA to his family during the Vietnam War.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Vietnam 2
Container: 1
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Shirley M. Johnson. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll.
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Jim E. Mulligan Vietnam War correspondence (2015.067.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
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collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains three correspondence written by Private First Class Jim E. Mulligan, Jr., United States Army to his
Aunt Virginia and her family of Corry, Pennsylvania. Mulligan was part of the 133rd Engineers Detachment in the United States
Army. Mulligan was based at Vung-Tau 40 miles south of Saigon. He describes building water towers and heliports. He was later
located at Duc-Pho and attached to a unit that supported the 101st Airborne Division.
In his letter dated June 29, 1967, he describes his impression of the local population: "The people here aren't really much
different from any other people from other deprived countries. I don't really trust any of them because I can't really tell
who's who, the V.C. from the South Vietnamese that is."
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Vietnam.
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Correspondence
United States. -- Army.
Military hospitals
Johnson, Shirley M.