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David Tazzara, Ft. Dix, NJ [1968]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Light Infantry Brigade
  • Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Highest Rank: E-5
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/81711

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Interview / Recording

More Resources

[ General Orders Number 1025; Award of the Purple Heart ]
[ Southern Cross Americal Division newsletter ]
[ Certificate awarding the Purple Heart [1/20/1969] ]
[ Certificate awarding the Purple Heart [2/20/1969] ]
[ Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation ]

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[ Honorable Discharge certificate [2/1/1974] ]
[ Memo of discharge from USAR [1/24/1974] ]
[ DD-214 ]
[ 1st battalion, 20th Infantry unit history ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 2/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 7/24/1969] ]
[ Letter to Tazzara's mother from the Red Cross [4/23/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [11/30/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 1/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 5/23/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [12/1/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 1/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 2/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 3/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [4/4/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [5/1/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 12/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 3/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 4/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 6/23/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [12/14/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 1/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [ca. 2/1969] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [11/26/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [2/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [3/1/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [3/6/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [4/6/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [8/1/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [8/6/1968] ]
[ Letter from Jerry W. Swenson informing Tazzara's mother that he is now a member of Co. E, 1st Bt., 20th Inf. [8/8/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [9/3/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [9/13/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [9/16/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [10/6/1968] ]
[ Letter to family from David Tazzara [11/1968] ]
[ Letter to his sister Elisa from David Tazzara [11/1968] ]
[ North Vietnamese propaganda leaflet distrubuted to American troops in Vietnam ]
[ North Vietnamese propaganda leaflet: "US Officers and Men: Take Care of Yourselves Before the War Ends" ]
[ North Vietnamese propaganda leaflet advising American soldiers to surrender ]
[ General Orders Number 308; Award of the Purple Heart ]
[ North Vietnamese propaganda leaflet: "This is your free ticket out" ]
[ North Vietnamese propaganda leaflet: "An Appeal to U.S. Servicemen in Vietnam" ]
[ Pamphlett from the Order of the South Vietnam Liberation people's armed forces High Command ]

About this Item

Title

  • David Eugene Tazzara Collection

Names

  • Central Connecticut State University
  • Tazzara, David Eugene
  • Hurst, Eileen M.
  • McGuckin, Briana

Home State

  • Connecticut

Headings

  • -  Tazzara, David Eugene
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Light Infantry Brigade
    • Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; Fort Benning, Georgia
    • Highest Rank: E-5
    • Dates of Service: 1968-1970
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Clippings [6 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1968-1990)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [7 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1968-1974)
  • Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] -- (collected 1968-12-08)
  • Manuscript: Printed matter [5 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Digital print [158 items] -- Photograph (collected 1968-2011)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-07-10; 2011-07-13)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2011-09-26)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [33 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1968-1969)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2012-06-26; 2012-06-26)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2011-07-10)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [10 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1968-1969)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2011-07-10)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 1968-1969; 2015-02)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/81711

Cite as

  • David Eugene Tazzara Collection (AFC/2001/001/81711), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

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In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Central Connecticut State University, David Eugene Tazzara, Eileen M Hurst, and Briana McGuckin. David Eugene Tazzara Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.81711/.

APA citation style:

Central Connecticut State University, Tazzara, D. E., Hurst, E. M. & McGuckin, B. (1968) David Eugene Tazzara Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.81711/.

MLA citation style:

Central Connecticut State University, et al. David Eugene Tazzara Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.81711/>.