This collection contains correspondence and personal narratives from Tom L. Center to his family during the Vietnam War, as well as one letter to him from his mother. Included in the corrspondence are five audio tapes.

Staff Sergeant Tom L. Center, United States Army (b. 8/2/1948) was born in Richmond, California and raised in Riverside, CA. He graduated high school in 1966 at the age of 17 and needed his mother to sign off on his enlistment to the US Navy. Shortly after training he was deployed to Vietnam and served as a radioman petty officer aboard boat Tango 91-4, the Delta Queen, part of River Assault Division 91 of the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF).

0.3 Linear Feet (2 folders)

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