Collection

Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00650
Date: circa 1968
Title: Three soldiers waiting for cement to be poured
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00652
Date: circa 1968
Title: Land mine blowing up in road
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00654
Date: circa 1968
Title: Soldiers putting a tin roof on a 30 man bunker
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00656
Date: circa 1968
Title: Bivouac during basic training
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00658
Date: circa 1968
Title: Unspent ammunition explosion
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00660
Date: circa 1968
Title: Hooch built with scraps
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00662
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: 00664
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: 00666
Date: 1968
Title: Building bridge at AIT in Mo.
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00668
Date: 1968
Title: William Bitz waiting for the cement to be poured
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00670
Date: 1968
Title: Vicki Eckman and Monica Bitz
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00672
Date: 1969
Title: Private pushing dirt
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00674
Date: circa 1968
Title: Lufthansa airplane (German airline)
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00676
Date: 1963
Title: Wililam Bitz after overhauling his first tractor, age 14
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00678
Date: 1968
Title: Crator left by a booby trapped land mine
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00680
Date: 1969
Title: William Bitz's squad working on cement for building construction
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00682
Date: 1969
Title: Young Vietnamese girl who asked American troops to take her to the U.S.
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00684
Date: 1969
Title: Truck blown up by land mine
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00686
Date: 1969
Title: William Bitz on top of 1 1/2 ton truck
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00688
Date: 1969
Title: Awards ceremony at the Fire Support Base, moore
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00690
Date: 1968
Title: Having fun on a Sunday afternoon at basic training, Fort Lewis
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00692
Date: 1968
Title: Mine sweeping the highway
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00694
Date: 1968
Title: Church service
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00696
Date: 1968
Title: Monkey hanging on the Jeep mirror
Collection: 11322 - Prairie Memories: The Vietnam War Years Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00698
Date: 1968
Title: Bob Hope show

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