Guide to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection C0196 Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection

Guide to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection C0196

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library, MS2FL
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
Fax Number: 703-993-8911
speccoll@gmu.edu
URL: https://scrc.gmu.edu

Kristen Korfitzen

Repository

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Identification

C0196

Title

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection 1964 - 1965

Quantity

0.25 Linear Feet, 1 box

Creator

United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

Language

English .

Abstract

The collection contains 198 black and white photographs measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches, of MACV Team 58's experience in South Vietnam's Choung Thien province.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Alternative Form Available

This collection has been digitized and is available to view here.

Preferred Citation

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection, C0196, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

104 photographs purchased from Between the Covers in August of 2011. An additional 94 photographs donated by Al Short in January 2017.

Processing Information

Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. EAD created by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011, edited by Liz Beckman in 2017 and 2018 and Amanda Menjivar in April 2023.

Historical Information

MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 198 black and white photographs (measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches) of MACV Team 58 taken by the Administrative NCO and by 1st Lieutenant Al Short in 1964-1965. Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.

Series 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.

Series 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.

Aerial photographs
Military camps
Photographic prints
Portraits
Portraits, Group
United States. Army
Vi Thanh (Vietnam)
Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Vi Thanh (Vietnam)
Vietnam

Container List

Series 1: Photos by Administrative NCO (pages 1-26)

1965

Subseries 1.1: Vi Thanh Assembly
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
  Assembly speaker 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man delivering a speech, viewed from behind.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
  Assembly speaker 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man giving a speech, viewed from right.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
  Assembly speaker 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man giving a speech, viewed from right.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
  Assembly stage 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
  Assembly stage 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
  Assembly crowd 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
  Assembly crowd 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Alternate view of the crowd at the assembly.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
  Assembly crowd 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Crowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
  Assembly soldiers 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
  Assembly soldiers 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.
Subseries 1.2: MACV Team 58 Camp
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
  Bedroom
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Camp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
  Weapons
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  M1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
  Camp bedroom 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Wall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
  Camp Bedroom 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Camp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
  Camp mess hall 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
  Camp mess hall 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
  Building
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
  Entrance gate 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
  Camp building 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and "gym" workout area.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
  Camp buildings 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Aerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
  Camp and jeep
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
  Training center
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
  Camp building 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Large building in Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
  Camp building 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building in the camp seen from the side.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
  Camp building 4
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Duplicate picture.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
  Camp building 5
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building in the camp shot from a different angle.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
  Camp building 6
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building in the camp with corrugated roof.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
  Shed and military advisor
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Small building in the camp with army personnel inside.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
  Repairing camp building
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
  Camp buildings 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
  Entrance gate 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
  Camp roofs
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Overhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
  USO Show 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
  USO Show 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
  USO Show 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
  USO Show 4
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
  USO Show 5
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show prepartions.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
  USO Show 6
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show prepartions.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
  USO Show 7
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO show prepartions.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
  Mess hall 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military personnel in a mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
  Camp shed and 3/4 ton truck
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Small building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
  Reparing trailers in courtyard
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military personnel outside buildings working on trailers.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
  Mess hall 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military personnel in mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
  Camp building with Vietnamese Police Guards
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.
Subseries 1.3: Aviation and Aerial Photography
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
  Aerial shot 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
  Aerial shot 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
  Aerial shot 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
  Aerial shot 4
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
  Vi Thanh airport and aircraft 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the "new" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
  Vi Thanh airport and aircraft 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the "new" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
  Vi Thanh airport and aircraft 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the "new" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
  Military advisors with aircraft
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.
Subseries 1.4: Vi Thanh
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
  Advisory Team 58 names
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  List of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
  Tennis court in Vi Thanh 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Local children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
  Tennis court in Vi Thanh 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
  Tennis court in Vi Thanh 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
  River bank
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  A river bank in Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
  Store front in Vi Thanh 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
  Store front in Vi Thanh 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
  Store front in Vi Thanh 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
  Street scene of Vi Thanh
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Local residents and military personnel.
Subseries 1.5: Portraits
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
  Army personnel
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
  Self portrait
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Unidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
  Water tower 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
  Water tower 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
  Water tower 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
  Gate guards
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
  Captain Clyde Myer at desk
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
  Group portrait 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Several team members sitting in the mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
  Unidentified NCO
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Unidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
  Vietnamese interpreter 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
  Portrait 1
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
  Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A. Moran
  1964
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
  Man in bed
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Unidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
  Vietnamese interpreter in jeep
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
  Group portait at meal time
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Group portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
  Two men in aircraft
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
  Man getting a haircut
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  A man getting his haircut in the camp.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
  Man at desk
  August 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Administrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
  Portrait 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Photograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
  Major Thomas LeVasseur with shovel
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
  Two men at Brigade HQ
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
  Group portrait volleyball
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Group portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
  Two gate guards at camp
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
  Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
  Admin NCO with cars
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  An Administrative NCO posing with several cars.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
  Group portrait 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Three NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
  Man with snake
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Man posing with a Boa constrictor.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
  Water tower 4
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Military advisor on water tower taking pictures.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
  Two men with jeeps
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two NCOs posed with military jeeps.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
  Portrait 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
  Group portrait 3
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Group portrait of military advisors at a party.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
  Men at mess hall
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
  Men in front of a building
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
  Commo (communications) NCO
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Communications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
  Admin NCO outside
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Administrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
  USO speed painter
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  USO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 25
  Vietnamese interpreter 2
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
  Group portrait 4
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Group portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
  Group portrait 5
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the "gym" in the background.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
  Captains Whitman and Myer
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 26
  Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur
  1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Unidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.

Series 2: Photos by Al Short, news articles (pages 27-51)

1964-1965

Subseries 2.1: PSYOP/Culture show
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 27
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show 4
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.
Subseries 2.2: Civic programs
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 28
  Al Short 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 28
  Military advisors and Vietnamese officials 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.
Subseries 2.3: Viet officials
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
  Military advisors and Vietnamese officials 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
  Lieutenant Buu
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Lieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
  Military advisors and Vietnamese officials 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 29
  Vietnamese officials 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Ken Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 30
  Vietnamese officials 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 30
  Vietnamese officials 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Lieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.
Subseries 2.4: Military equipment and aircraft
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
  Aircraft 1
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  US Army L-19 on the "new" strip at Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
  Aircraft 2
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  US Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
  Aircraft 3
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  US Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 31
  Jeep
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Advisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 32
  "Steam roller"
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  French "steam roller," circa 1910.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 32
  Boat
  early 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Vietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.
Subseries 2.5: Vi Thanh city shots
1964-1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Vi Thanh
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Main street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Central market 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Central market in the early morning.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Central market 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Central market fruit vendor.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Central market 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Central marketplace after a fire.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Children 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Children 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Children 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 33
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam compound
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Gate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
  Portrait of a Vietnamese woman
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Old woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
  Portrait of a Vietmanese man
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Old man in the village near Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
  Vietnamese woman with newspaper
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Woman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 34
  Vi Thanh canal 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
  Vi Thanh canal 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Two US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Vietnamese children 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
  US and Vietnamese soldiers
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  US advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 35
  Vi Thanh canal 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
  Vi Thanh canal 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
  Vi Thanh canal 5
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
  Vi Thanh canal 6
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 36
  Water buffalo 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Water buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
  Water buffalo 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Three water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
  Barges 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the "new" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
  Barges 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the "new" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 37
  Barges 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Barge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
  Popular Force guards
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Popular Force guards at the "new" airfield.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
  MACV Team 58 Compound 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
  Regional Force blockhouse
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Regional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 38
  Bridge and canal
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  View from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.
Subseries 2.6: Various Vietnamese military units
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 1
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 2
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 3
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 39
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 4
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 5
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
  2nd Battalion 31st Infantry 6
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
  Captain Paul Yuracheck and Vietnamese children
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 40
  Captain Paul Yuracheck with Vietnamese soldiers
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
  Buddhist pagoda 1
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
  Buddhist pagoda 2
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 41
  Buddhist pagoda 3
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Building near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
  PSYOP team and 31st Infantry regiment 1
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
  PSYOP Team and 31st Infantry Regiment 2
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
  PSYOP Team and 31st Infantry Regiment 3
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 42
  PSYOP Team and 31st Infantry Regiment 4
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
  PSYOP Team
  early-mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Provincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
  Captain James Degan 1
  mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 43
  Captain James Degan 2
  mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.
Subseries 2.7: Life in the MACV Team 58 compound
1964-1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
  MACV Team 58 Compound 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Room in a "long house" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
  Sunday at the MACV Team 58 Compound 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
  Sunday at the MACV Team 58 Compound 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 44
  Sunday at the MACV Team 58 Compound 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sunday "service" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Sunday at the MACV Team 58 Compound 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Sunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Sunday at the MACV Team 58 Compound 5
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Mess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Al Short 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the "library," a corner of the mess hall.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  1st Lietenant Kevin Renahan and Vietnamese Children 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Captain John Coyne 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Portrait of Captain John Coyne.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Captain John Coyne 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Portrait of Captain John Coyne.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 45
  Captain John Coyne 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Portrait of Captain John Coyne.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
  Captain John Coyne 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain John Coyne reading mail from home.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
  Catholic orphanage
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
  Al Short 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 46
  Al Short 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 47
  Al Short 5
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 47
  Dinner with Choung Thien Province Chief
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Dinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.
Subseries 2.8: Team members
1964-1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  1st Lieutenant Roland Johnson
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Captain Royal
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Captain Clyde E. Meyers
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the "new" Vi Thanh airfield.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Captain Thomas
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain Thomas of the US Air Force.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Captain James Degan 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain James Degan taking a smoke break.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Military advisors and Vietnamese officials 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Captain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 48
  Military advisors and Vietnamese officials 5
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  US light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.
Subseries 2.9: Awards ceremony
1964-1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
  Award ceremony 1
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
  Award ceremony 2
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Lieutenant Colonel Diep, the province chief, is in the background.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
  Award ceremony 3
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne and Sergeants Spearman and Creamer.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 49
  Award ceremony 4
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note
  Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. A team administrative Non-Commissioned Officer and Vietnamese National Police guards are also pictured.
Subseries 2.10: News articles
1965
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 50
  Record American, Boston article, "Mekong Delta crucial in Viet War"
  January 1, 1965
  Scope and Contents note
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 51
  Boston Advertiser article, "Our New England Boys in Vietnam"
  late 1964/mid 1965
  Scope and Contents note