: Film in the Cities and Minnesota Veterans Coalition, 1981. They provide a different vantage point and rare insights into the conflict.Īgent Orange: A Story of Dignity and Doubt, produced and directed by Jim Gambone. Paul, MN : Twin Cities Public Television, 1985.įive Midwest women (Diane Evans, Mary Beth Crowley, Maggie Arriola, Pat Walsh, Betty Doebbeling) who toured Vietnam as nurses share their memories of the war. Also includes an introductory prologue by Bill Wolfe, recorded in 2014, describing his friendship with Oeljen and their correspondence during the Vietnam War.Īnd a Time to Heal, produced and written by Gary Gilson. Subjects discussed include a "tour" of living quarters, the stresses on soldiers, working in a hospital, details of surgeries, details of personnel, weather, drugs, missing family, being a father, friendship with Bill Wolfe, feeling lonely and isolated, mis-representation of the war in the United States and references to Minnesota. Oeljen, a Waseca native, during his time as a military surgeon during the Vietnam War in Da Nang from 1970 to 1971.
Also includes scrapbooks of correspondence, medical reports, daily notes, and other materials documenting his wife Kay’s battle with terminal cancer some years later.Īudio letters documenting Riis' son’s service as a tactical air lift pilot during the Vietnam War.ĭr. Much of the material relates to Conlon’s interest in and work with the Montagnard people of Vietnam. The papers include photocopies of a manuscript journal and the original and photocopy of its typescript copy (1988, 1993), artwork, miscellaneous military documents (1968-1972), a presidential certificate, and a letter presenting a bonus payment granted to Minnesota Vietnam War veterans.Ĭorrespondence, photographs, and digital sound recordings relating to the Vietnam War service of Minneapolis medical doctor Dan Conlon, who was drafted into the Air Force in 1966 as part of the doctor draft. MNHS call number: See the finding aid in the libary (P2051).Ī Minnesota Vietnam War veteran’s papers documenting his experience with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Paul (Minn.) man who enlisted in the Marines and died of heat stroke while serving in Quang Nam, Vietnam. MNHS call number: See the finding aid in the library (P246).īiographical information, correspondence, and photographs and moving images of a Minneapolis man who served as a medic with the United States Army in Vietnam in 1970.Ĭorrespondence, photographs, memorabilia, and obituaries related to a St. soldiers, Prior Lake, and family a photocopied map of troop locations (circa 1970) a window sticker printed with the phrase "The First Team " letters regarding Cawley’s 1970 death in Cambodia and his obituary. Additional papers include Cawley’s pilot certification award citations color and black and white negatives depicting Vietnam, helicopters, U.S. Photocopied and handwritten letters from Cawley, a helicopter pilot with the 1st Cavalry Airmobile, 82nd Artillery, Battery E, to his parents in Prior Lake, Minnesota while stationed in Vietnam. Postmark: Mekong Delta, by Raymond Johnson. Trying to Get Back: A Spiritual Memoir, by Randall T. Tornes.Īppleton, WI: Distributed by A.O.W. Palmer.Īpprentices of War: Memoir of a Marine Grunt, by Gary L. To The Colors, 2004-2008: Stories and Thoughts about Military Service, by Major William D. Vietnam: Our Story, One On One: Stories, compiled by Gary D. Muddy Jungle Rivers: A River Assault Boat Cox’ns Memory Journey of His War in Vietnam and Return Home, by Wendell Affield.īemidji, MN. The Twins Platoon: An Epic Story of Young Marines at War in Vietnam, by Christy W.
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. Left for Dead: A Second Life After Vietnam, by Jon Hovde. Letters Never Written: South Vietnam, 1968, by Paul Garneau Clark. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, by Tim O'Brien. Wake Up the Night: A Vietnam War Memoir, by R. MNHS call number: Reading Room DS559.8.W6 H45 2011, also available for purchase. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2011. Sisterhood of War: Minnesota Women in Vietnam, by Kim Heikkila.
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