Title: David L. Johnson
Dates: 1964-2013
Collection Number: MSS 11258
Quantity: 1.5 ft. (and digital scans)
Abstract: Consists of correspondence written by David L. Johnson to his parents Dorothy and Perlin Johnson while training and serving in the U.S. Navy Corps in California and in Vietnam. The correspondence mostly covers Johnson's training and military duties in Vietnam, and also includes personal matters such as money, recreational activities, friends, music and cars. The collection also includes photographic slides, prints and negatives. The bulk of the images document Johnson's time in Vietnam. Digital scans of the slides are available, and a VHS of a slide show is also located with the collection.
Provenance: The David L. Johnson collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Johnson on May 14, 2015.
Property rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to the collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed. Permission to use any radio or television broadcast portions of the collection must be sought from the creator.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Related Collections:
10873 North Dakota Veterans' History Project
21103 ND Vietnam Servicemen Killed in Action
20114 Terry Baker
20344 Sadie McDonald Jenks
21160 Claire Eide Vietnam Poetry
21182 Vietnam letter
Transfer: Two publications were transferred to the State Archives' Publications, including
Johnson's 2008 memoir Corpsman Up!: A Marine Medic Struggles with War, God, and Patriotism.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
David L. Johnson was born to Dorothy and Perlin Johnson on July 4, 1946 in Enderlin (N.D.). Johnson enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1966 and was trained at naval hospitals in San Diego and Camp Pendleton. He entered Field Medical School at Camp Pendleton on May 26, 1967 and finished on June 27. Johnson arrived at the Da Nang airfield in Vietnam on July 1, 1967. He served as a combat medic in the U.S. Navy with the fleet marine force until he returned to the U.S. in May 1968. He attended Arizona Western College at Yuma while finishing his tour of duty. He was released from active duty on January 23, 1970. He attended St. Cloud State beginning in the fall of 1970. He received two degrees from NDSU and currently lives in Forman (N.D.).
BOX/FOLDER INVENTORY
Box 1:
1 Correspondence: Johnson to his parents, 1964-1966
2 Correspondence: Johnson to his parents, 1967
3 Correspondence: Johnson to his parents, 1968
4 Correspondence: Johnson to his parents and relatives (2008), and a letter from Harold Cale to Johnson (2006), 1969-2006
5 Miscellaneous: a letter to Dorothy and Perlin Johnson from David's Battalion chaplain (1967), wedding announcement for the marriage of David's sister Evelyn (1969), and two cashed checks written to Harry Wurzburger (1964-1965), 1964-1969
6 VHS of slide show, recorded ca. 1993
7 Printed digital files of maps, PowerPoint presentation, miscellaneous
8 CD with low-resolution scans of slides (397 TIFF and JPEG files, 200 dpi) 2002-2013
Box 2: Photographs: 11258-00001 - 11258-00306
Box 3: Photographs: 11258-00307 - 11258-00631
Digital Photographs: 11258-00632 - 11258-00651
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
11258-00001 Unidentified man in front of stereo system, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00002 Unidentified man sitting in chair, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00003 - 00004 Landscape, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00005 Unidentified man in front of statue, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00006 Landscape, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00007 Unidentified man sitting in chair , San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00008 - 00010 Unidentified man posing in front of trees, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00011 Two unidentified men, San Diego County (Calif.), January 1967
11258-00012 - 00013 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00014 Jim McNatt, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00015 - 00017 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00018 Irrigation, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00019 - 00024 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00025 Normal House, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00026 School, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00027 Bamboo bridge, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00028 Taken from bamboo bridge, 2/1 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00029 Going down to Chi Lai, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00030 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00031 Community well, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00032 - 00037 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00038 - 00040 Med Cap, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00041 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00042 David Johnson on bridge, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00043 David Johnson and Jim McNatt, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00044 David Johnson and Jim McNatt, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00045 David Johnson, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00046 - 00048 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00049 Night bridge was blown, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00050 - 00055 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00056 David Johnson, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00057 Pack, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00058 Weeks, Shelly, Erwin, Lopez, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00059 - 00061 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00062 Shot time, 2/1 BN area, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00063 Navy building, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00064 - 00065 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00066 Monkey, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00067 - 00068 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00069 Weeks,Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00070 Corpsman, Ralph Daniello, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00071 Monkey in tree, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00072 Abernathy, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00073 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00074 Pontoon bridge at bridge, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00075 Abernathy and possibly General Green examining bridge, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00076 - 00077 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00078 Rebuilding bridge after it was blown up, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00079 - 00080 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00081 Patrol, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00082 - 00083 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00084 King, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00085 - 00087 Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00088 Sargeant Irwin, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00089 Ammo bunker, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, ca. 1967
11258-00090 - 00094 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00095 Bad village in distance, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00096 - 00098 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00099 Dennis Gonzales, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00100 - 00103 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00104 Villagers doing laundry in stream, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00105 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00106 Homemade chess set made from ammunition, Doc Johnson and Sam Robertson, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00107 Homemade chess set made from ammunition, Doc Johnson and Doc Gonzalez, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00108 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00109 Setting up housing, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00110 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00111 Baxter reading a Playboy magazine, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00112 Baker in front of our house, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00113 Baker and unidentified man in front of our house, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00114 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00115 - 00116 Black market, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00117 Ralph Daniello, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00118 - 00124 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00124 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00125 Baker's rubber leg, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00126 Arriving at Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00127 Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00128 Hill, Johnson, and Daniello, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00129 Pee tubes in front of sandbag wall, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00130 Poker game with Robinson, Baker, Johnson, and Cummings, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00131 Chow hall with Catholic church in background, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00132 Moving out, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00133 Truck convoy to Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00134 City of Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1967
11258-00135 - 00136 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00137 - 00138 Yankee Station, Con Thien in background, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00139 Company Aid Station, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00140 Back gate of Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00141 - 00142 Chow hall, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00143 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00144 Burning shitters, HM3 Gonzales, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00145 Unidentified man, Hill, and Gonzales in front of Company Aid Station, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00146 CPL Knowles and HM3 Gonzales, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00147 Filling sand bags at Company Aid Station, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00148 Building Company Aid Station, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00149 - 00150 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00151 Bunker construction, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00152 - 00156 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00157 Yankee Station gate, the hill of Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00158 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00159 Building a bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00160 Building a bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00161 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00162 David Johnson in front of his bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00163 Building a shower, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00164 Watching Con Thien being shelled, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00165 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00166 Shower with water can on top and chapel, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00167 60 mortars, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00168 Incoming spotter rounds, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00169 Plugger, Doc Bailey, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00170 - 00171 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00172 Landing zone, back gate, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00173 Main road and landing zone, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00174 Main road, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00175 Four deuce mortars, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00176 81 mortars, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00177 COC bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00178 BAS, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00179 COC bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00180 Valley of Death, COC bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00181 COC bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00182 BAS, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00183 Main road, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00184 Perimeter, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00185 Applying camouflage to go out, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00186 Wash rack, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00187 60 mortars, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00188 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00189 Shower with water can on top and chapel, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00190 Lilly, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00191 Large treeless area cleared for free fire in background, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00192 Jerry or Lilly, chow time, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00193 Zito with 60's, treeless area in background, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00194 CP bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00195 Camp Reinke memorial, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00196 White phosphorus explosion in distance, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00197 Building new Company Aid Station, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00198 - 00199 Our bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00200 Digging in, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00201 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00202 Jerry Brockhausen, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00203 Blowing 50s hole, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00204 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), January 1968
11258-00205 - 00207 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00208 Landing zone supply, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00209 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00210 COC bunker, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00211 Main road and outhouse, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00212 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00213 Landing zone, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00214 Bringing supplies, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00215 BAS, Corpsman Bailey, and Agent Orange barrels in background, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00216 - 00217 Gas mask practice, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00218 - 00220 My bath tub, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00221 Our bunker with platoon lieutenant seated, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00222 Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00223 60 mortar pit, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00224 David Johnson ready to go out on patrol, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00225 Leaving Yankee Station for patrol, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00226 On patrol, platoon wedge, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00227 - 00230 In the bush, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00231 - 00232 In the bush showing thickness of jungle, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00233 In the bush, Communist position built with bamboo, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00234 In the bush, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00235 In the bush, Chi-Com anti-tank mine Johnson nearly stepped on, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00236 In the bush, hole blown by Chi-Com anti-tank mine Johnson nearly stepped on, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00237 - 00238 In the bush, Yankee Station, Con Thien, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00239 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00240 Demons guarding doorway, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00241 Demons and David Johnson, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00242 Demon and guide, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00243 - 00245 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00246 Bell tower for nuns at temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00247 - 00249 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00250 Demons guarding doorway, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00251 - 00252 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00253 Many headed dragon at temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00254 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00255 Entrance to Imperial Palace, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00256 Imperial Palace, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00257 Garden and temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00258 Imperial Palace and guide, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00259 David Johnson, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00260 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00261 Statues from red China at temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00262 - 00263 Temple, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00264 Imperial Palace, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00265 - 00266 Downtown Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00267 - 00268 Taxi driver and unidentified friend in front of hotel, Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00269 - 00273 Bangkok Zoo, Thailand, ca. 1968
11258-00274 King's white elephant, Bangkok Zoo, Thailand, ca. 1968
11258-00275 - 00282 Bangkok Zoo, Thailand, ca. 1968
11258-00283 David Johnson at Bangkok Zoo, Thailand, ca. 1968
11258-00284 - 00286 Bangkok (Thailand), ca. 1968
11258-00287 - 00303 Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00304 - 00305 BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00306 Chapel rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00307 BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00308 Our tent, BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00309 BAS rear, sick bay, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00310 C-Med, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00311 Stuck Jeep, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00312 - 00313 C-Med, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00314 Landing zone and C-Med, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00315 1/1 area, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00316 2/1 rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00317 Company supply area, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00318 Inside chapel, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00319 BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00320 Jerry Slater, Corpsman, 2/1 BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00321 Mess hall, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00322 Exchange and Post Office at rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00323 Mike Hill and Steven Fisher in Corpsmen's Quarters, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00324 Before inspection, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00325 David Johnson's home at Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00326 - 00327 Rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00328 46's at Rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00329 46 chopper, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00330 Huey gun ship, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00331 Back of 46 chopper, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00332 Enlisted Club, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00333 Chopper Med Evac, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00334 - 00335 3rd MARDIV Headquarters, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00336 Take off, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00337 Volley ball, gets rather dark at times, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00338 - 00339 Volley ball, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00340 Basketball game, Champion and Sofield, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00341 Pops, BAS, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00342 - 00344 Basketball game, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00345 Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00346 BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00347 Throwing darts, Rear BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00348 BAS rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00349 Rear, 2/1 mess hall, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00350 Jefferson, Rear, 2/1 mess hall, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00351 Rear, 2/1 mess hall, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00352 Rear, Club call, Jerry Slater and David Johnson, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00353 Rear club call, Scofield, Champian, Slater, Fisher, Brookshire, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00354 Rear club call, soda line, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00355 Rear club call, Champian, Slater, Fisher, Brookshire, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00356 BAS, rear, bunker building, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00357 BAS, rear, bunker building, Miller and David Johnson, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00358 BAS, rear, bunker building, Jefferson and David Johnson, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00359 BAS, rear, bunker building, Saylor and David Johnson, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00360 BAS, rear, bunker building, Ski, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00361 BAS, rear, bunker building, HM1 Brunt, Sniffy, Blouse, Slater, Jefferson, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00362 BAS, rear, bunker building, HM1 WE1 Berg, Cox,, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00363 BAS, rear, bunker building, Chief Mathis, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00364 BAS, rear, bunker building, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00365 Corpsmen Quarters, BAS, Turner, Slater, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00366 Corpsmen Quarters, BAS, Justis, Turner, Slater, rear Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00367 - 00368 Rear, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00369 - 00370 Brookshire, BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00371 Slater, BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00372 BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00373 Volley ball, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00374 3rd MARDIV Headquarters, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00375 Exchange, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00376 - 00377 Gook shop, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00378 Main gate, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00379 Road to air field, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00380 - 00381 Air field, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00382 - 00383 Air terminal, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00384 Take off of C-130, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00385 Spotter planes, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00386 3rd Med Bat, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00387 3rd MED BAT emergency ward, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00388 3rd MED BAT hallway, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00389 Air terminal, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00390 1st Med Bat, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00391 3rd Med Bat, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00392 Main gate, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00393 BAS, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00394 BAS, Terry Sailor and Snuffy, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00395 BAS, Our home, Ski, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00396 BAS, Our home, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00397 Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00398 Self portrait, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00399 BAS, Chief Mathias, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00400 High Boy, S4, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00401 BAS, finished bunker, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00402 Regimental Aid Station, church services, Chaplain Geer, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00403 Regimental Aid Station, casualty holding, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00404 Landing strip showing the amount of cover, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00405 Dentist's Taylor, Regimental Aid, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00406 Regimental Aid Station, HM2, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00407 - 00409 Regimental Aid Station, outside cookout, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00410 Regimental Aid Station, Dr. Klieman, 2/1 Dr., Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00411 Spotter plane, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00412 - 00413 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00414 2/1 COC, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00415 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00416 Air field, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00417 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00418 Hill 881 day of Scotland 2, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00419 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00420 Medevac chopper, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00421 - 00424 Air strike, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00425 Storm coming, RAS, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00426 Storm coming, HM3 Chopper, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00427 - 00428 Downed chopper, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00429 53 making pickup, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00430 The DT, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00431 RAS, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00432 - 00433 Landing zone, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00434 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00435 RAS supply, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00436 - 00438 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00439 Incoming, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00440 - 00441 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00442 Living quarters, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00443 RAS supply, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00444 Staging area, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00445 Air strip, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00446 RAS, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00447 Runway, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00448 - 00449 Rainbow over Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00450 Ski, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00451 Chopper that never returned, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00452 Story of planes that never return, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00453 RAS triage, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00454 RAS, staging area and graves, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00455 Hard backed hooch, Ha!, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00456 - 00460 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00461 PX, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00462 - 00463 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00464 RAS, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00465 Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00466 RAS staging area, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00467 - 00470 Aerial, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00471 - 00472 Aerial, vicinity of Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00473 Inside chopper, Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00474 Aerial, bomb craters around Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00475 Aerial, CA LU flight from Khe Sanh Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00476 - 00478 Aerial, Đông Hà, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00479 - 00480 Aerial, Vietnam countryside, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00481 Aerial, Quảng Trị, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00482 Aerial, Vietnam countryside, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00483 - 00484 Aerial, South China Sea, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00485 Aerial, Phu Bai Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00486 Aerial, Camp Carroll, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00487 - 00489 Aerial, Vietnam countryside, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00490 Aerial, coast of Vietnam, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00491 - 00495 Aerial, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00496 - 00503 Down time, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00504 - 00515 Musical show, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00516 Musical show, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00517 - 00517 Down time, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00519 Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00520 - 00528 Down time, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00529 - 00537 Musical show, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00538 Map of Vietnam, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00539 - 00541 BN Corpsmen, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00542 - 00545 Cookout, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00546 - 00548 Down time, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00549 C-130, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00550 Exchange, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00551 - 00557 China Beach, Đà Nẵng (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00558 Mess hall, Phu Bai Combat Base, Huế (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00559 - 00566 Aerial, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00567 - 00600 Ca Lu Combat Base, Quảng Trị Provence (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00601 - 00604 Đà Nẵng, Đà Nẵng (Vietnam), ca. 1968
11258-00605 Down time, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00606 - 00609 Aerial, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00610 Panel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00611 Panel, Manger, 30 Aug 68, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00612 Panel, Light, 16 Sept 66, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00613 Panel, W. Dumas, Jan 29, 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00614 Panel, O'Conner, 31 Jan 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00615 Panel, Muniz, 6 Feb 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00616 Panel, Decker, Potter, Kollerin, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00617 Panel, Ambush 18 Oct 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00618 Panel, Decker, 18 Oct 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00619 - 00620 Panel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00621 Panel, Gallagher, 29 Aug 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00622 Panel, Mackey, 18 Jan 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00623 Panel, St. George, 10 Sept 67, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00624 Panel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00625 Panel, Koester, 10 Jan 68, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00626 - 00628 Panel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00629 Panel, Ortega, 21 Oct 66, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00630 Panel, Cortez, 6 Dec 66, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00631 Panel, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1987
11258-00632 Three men smoking in front of mountains, ca. 1970
11258-00633 Two men and one women at party, ca. 1971
11258-00634 Man holding machine gun, Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00635 Theater , Vietnam, ca. 1968
11258-00636 Confirmation group photo, Enderlin (N.D.), ca. 1965
11258-00637 Johnson holding Corpsmen flag, ca. 2000
11258-00638 "Decker moraco" Two men sitting, ca. 1970
11258-00639 No hunting sign, ca. 2000
11258-00640 Johnson graduation photo, Enderlin (N.D.), ca. 1965
11258-00641 Lydia and David Johnson with granddaughter Courtney at memorial, ca. 2000
11258-00642 Kenny, Doris, and Mom, August 1945
11258-00643 Johnson and Bob, ca. 1975
11258-00644 Johnson as child in Navy hat, Enderlin (N.D.), ca. 1950
11258-00645 Helen, Missy, and Johnson, Enderlin (N.D.), ca. 1950
11258-00646 Retrieving the dead, Vietnam, August 29, 1967
11258-00647 Soldiers on road, Vietnam, ca. 1970
11258-00648 "Rodriguez on point" Soldier walking carrying gun, Vietnam, ca. 1970
11258-00649 Son Cau Do Bridge, Vietnam, ca. 1970
11258-00650 Spotty the dog and Johnson, Enderlin (N.D.), ca. 1951
11258-00651 Johnson with Vietnamese, Đà Nẵng (Vietnam), ca. 1967
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