United States. Army

Scope and Contents The collection is from Lawrence E. Osswald’s time in Hays, Kansas where he served as Corporal in the US Army 480th MPEG Company in a American Prisoner-of War camp for Germans POW’s. The camp was located on the grounds of the Agricultural Experiment Station [currently the KSU Agricultural Research Center] South of Hays. Most of the photographs are copies of pictures that were taken by L. C. Aicher who was the superintendent at the Fort Hays Experiment Station during this time. Film...

Abstract Long Binh Jail, a U.S. Army Installation Stockade established in 1966 by the U.S. Army, was located on the Long Binh Post in Đồng Nai Province, South Vietnam. Meant to hold 400 American prisoners, it soon overflowed to about 1000.Dr. Cecil B. Currey’s research and book titled “Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious U. S. Military Prison” focuses on the riot that took place between August 29-September 7, 1968. A small group of African-American prisoners started...

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This collection features interviews and research done for the book titled "Self-Destruction : The Disintegration and Decay of the U. S. Army During the Vietnam Era" that was published in 1981. The author used the pseudonym Cincinnatus and was later revealed to be Dr. Cecil B. Currey. In this book, he explored the causes and manifestations of the downfall of the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

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The collection contains biographies of Susan and John Thisler, military records of Susan, and materials regarding the Korean War.