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Zuber, Don, Jr. (Vietnam War correspondence)
2016.183.w.r
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Contributing Institution:
Center for American War Letters Archives
Title: Don Zuber, Jr. Vietnam War correspondence
Creator:
Zuber, Don, Jr., Sergeant
Identifier/Call Number: 2016.183.w.r
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet
(22 folders)
Date (bulk): 1968 August 18 - 1970 March 17
Abstract: This collection contains letters and photographs from Sgt. Don Zuber, Jr., USA during the Vietnam War. The collection also
includes four letters from SP5 Jon M. Young, USA.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: Vietnam 7
Container: 1-6
Container: 1-6
Container: Vietnam 8
Container: 1-11
Container: 7-17
Container: Vietnam 9
Container: 1-5
Container: 18-22
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Don Zuber, Jr. Legacy collection from Andrew Carroll. Donor form received 10/19/2021.
This collection is arranged by material type, author, and date. Arrangement principally follows the author's original arrangement
as listed in the document prepared by him entitled "My Letters Home." Series list: Series 1: Correspondence from Don Zuber,
Jr. to Don, Sr. and Laura Zuber. -- Series 2: Correspondence from Don Zuber, Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. Guido Tognazzini -- Series
3: Correspondence from Jon M. Young to Guido Tognazzini. -- Series 4: Photographs -- Series 5: The Blackhorse newspapers --
Series 6: Vietnam Conflict Map. -- Series 7: Document - My Letters Home
Sergeant Don Zuber, Jr., United States Army (born 11/20/1945) served in the military from August 14, 1968 to March 31, 1970
with the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment. Following training at Fort Ord, CA and Fort Gordon, GA he served in Vietnam. His parents
were Don Zuber, Sr. and Laura Aholin Zuber of San Pedro California. After the war he married Diana Jo Ductor. He has two sons,
Jeremy Alexander Zuber and Joseph Adam Zuber and a grandson Benjamin Edmund Zuber. In correspondence with Andrew Carroll,
Zuber writes of living in Sacramento and Martinez, CA.
[Item title / description; Box "n" / Folder "n"], Don Zuber, Jr. Vietnam War correspondence (2016.183.w.r), Center for American
War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
This collection contains the correspondence of Sgt. Don Zuber, Jr., USA throughout his training and time served during the
Vietnam War. Zuber served with the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment as a radio teletype operator. Most of the collection is correspondence
from Zuber to his parents, Don Sr. and Laura Zuber in San Pedro, CA. The collection includes letters from Zuber to his aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Guido Tognazzini in Santa Maria, CA. The collection also includes some photographs, newspaper articles
and a Vietnam Conflict Map.
Early correspondence, August 1968 - March 1969 relates daily life and training at Fort Ord, CA and Fort Gordon, Georgia. Correspondence
from April 1969 to March 1970 describes his job, life in camp headquarters and local scenery in Vietnam, principally in Bien
Hoa and Quan Loi. In a document accompanying the collection entitled "My Letters Home" Zuber explains that his letters are
mostly positive, writing that although "I was always around conflict and death and earned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained
in a rocket attack. I kept this negativity from my parents and shared only my positive experiences with them in letters written
home. I decided to write them every day and give them assurance of my safety." -- The collection also includes correspondence
from Jon M. Young to his uncle Guido Tognazzini.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Correspondence
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War (1961-1975) -- Vietnam.
United States -- Race Relations