Collection
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00600
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz at 18 in Vietnam
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00602
Date: circa 1968
Title: Mortar
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00604
Date: circa 1968
Title: Squad leader preparing to blow up NVA artillery
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00606
Date: circa 1968
Title: Math Bitz, Sr. cultivating corn with a team of horses
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00608
Date: circa 1968
Title: Run down buildings
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00610
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz, Justice, Paul Johnson, and Chapman with a case of Budweiser
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00612
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz, middle, and two other soldiers mixing cement for mess hall
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00614
Date: circa 1968
Title: Actor Greg Morrison on tour with Bob Hope
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00616
Date: circa 1968
Title: Vietnamese children at a roadside stand on Highway 14
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00618
Date: circa 1968
Title: Soldiers in an armored troop carrier near a blown up bridge
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00620
Date: circa 1968
Title: Tank on display at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00622
Date: circa 1968
Title: Soldiers in basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00624
Date: circa 1968
Title: Soldiers unloading a truck that got blown up by a land mine
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00626
Date: circa 1968
Title: Three soldiers resting on their cots
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00628
Date: circa 1968
Title: Rubber raft with makeshift bridge in the background
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00630
Date: circa 1968
Title: Blurry photo of bridge rebuilding
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00632
Date: circa 1968
Title: Crator left by land mine that blew up truck
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00634
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz at basic traing in Fort Leonard Woods, Missouri
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00636
Date: 5/1969
Title: North Dakota from the air as William Bitz flew home
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00638
Date: circa 1968
Title: Vietnamese scavenging through the base's garbage
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00640
Date: circa 1968
Title: Truck blown up by land mine
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00642
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz leaning on a barrel
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00644
Date: circa 1968
Title: NVA ammunition
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00646
Date: circa 1968
Title: Soldier guarding gear while other are at lunch, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00648
Date: circa 1968
Title: William Bitz writing letters home while listening to the radio
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