Finding Aid for the Terry Lee Sloan Vietnam War correspondence 2017.244.w.r
Andrew Harman
Center for American War Letters Archives
2/14/2019
Leatherby Libraries
Chapman University
Orange, CA 92866
speccoll@chapman.edu
Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Terry Lee Sloan Vietnam War correspondence
Creator:
Sloan, Terry Lee, Specialist Fourth Grade
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.244.w.r
Physical Description:
.025 Linear feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1972 June 25 - 1972 December 11
Abstract: This collection contains four correspondence written by SP/4 Terry Lee Sloan, USA to Janice Striner during the Vietnam War.
Language of Material:
English
.
Container: Vietnam 3
Container: 5
Container: 1
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Janice Striner Harman.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Specialist Fourth Grade Terry Lee Sloan, United States Army lived at some time in Apollo, Pennsylvania where Janice Striner
lived during their correspondence. Janice is a friend of SP/4 Sloan's cousin, Sally Ann McCutcheon Jankosky, and at the time
was a school age girl writing as a sort of pen pal. Sloan also mentions his wife being a part of the Apollo Legionettes, a
drum and bugle corps, when they were going steady. This is in reference to Janice's membership in the Allegheny Township Blazers,
a rival corps.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Terry Lee Sloan Vietnam War correspondence (2017.244.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 four correspondence written by SP/4 Terry Lee Sloan, USA to Janice Striner during the Vietnam War.
SP/4 Sloan served with Command Communication Center Company in Long Bein [sic], Vietnam writes in an inquisitive tone, asking
Janice about her summer and telling her about his pet, Crypto, and seems to be working in an office job. On June 25, 1972
he says he has 168 days to go, however he leaves for rest and relaxation in the US the next day and returns to Vietnam on
July 11. He told Janice that he "got a drop from Vietnam" and expects to leave the country for good on August 15, though he
actually leaves on August 21. He told only her, and she should not tell Sally, because there is a "50/50 chance" that he could
get picked up by another unit and have to stay.
His service with the Army continued and he was stationed at the Pentagon, which he liked, writing in December 1972 that he
has only six months of service remaining and thanking her for her correspondence while he was overseas. It is noted that a
Christmas card and photo were sent though they are not included here.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Correspondence
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Vietnam.
Harman née Striner, Janice