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Arrangement of series 2 was done by Al Short.","Series Series 1: Photos by Administrative NCO, 1965 (pages 1-26) Series 2: Photos by Al Short, news articles, 1964-1965 (pages 27-51)","MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province.","Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. EAD created by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011, edited by Liz Beckman in 2017 and 2018 and Amanda Menjivar in April 2023.","The Special Collections Research Center holds many other material on the ","The collection contains 198 black and white photographs (measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches) of MACV Team 58 taken by the Administrative NCO and by 1st Lieutenant Al Short in 1964-1965. Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.","Series 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.","Series 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from behind.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","View of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.","Alternate view of the crowd at the assembly.","Crowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Camp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.","M1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.","Wall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.","Camp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Building made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.","Building in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and \"gym\" workout area.","Aerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.","Army 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.","View of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.","Large building in Vi Thanh.","Building in the camp seen from the side.","Duplicate picture.","Building in the camp shot from a different angle.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.","Major Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.","Overhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","Military personnel in a mess hall.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.","Military personnel outside buildings working on trailers.","Military personnel in mess hall.","Vietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Two unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.","List of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.","Local children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","Military personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","A river bank in Vi Thanh.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Local residents and military personnel.","Major Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.","Unidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.","Captain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.","Several team members sitting in the mess hall.","Unidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.","Vietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.","Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.","Unidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.","Vietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.","Group portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.","Two team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.","A man getting his haircut in the camp.","Administrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.","Major Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.","Captain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.","Group portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.","Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.","An Administrative NCO posing with several cars.","Three NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.","Man posing with a Boa constrictor.","Military advisor on water tower taking pictures.","Two NCOs posed with military jeeps.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.","Group portrait of military advisors at a party.","Two men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.","Captain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.","Communications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.","Administrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.","USO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.","Vietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.","Group portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.","4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.","Captain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.","Unidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.","Captain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.","Lieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.","Captain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.","Ken Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.","Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.","Lieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.","US Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.","US Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.","US Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.","Advisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.","French \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.","Vietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.","Main street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.","Central market in the early morning.","Central market fruit vendor.","Central marketplace after a fire.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).","Gate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.","Old woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.","Old man in the village near Vi Thanh.","Woman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.","View across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.","Two US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.","US advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Water buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.","Three water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Barge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.","Popular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.","View out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.","Regional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.","View from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.","Captain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.","Captain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Building near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.","Room in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.","Sunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.","Sunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking","Sunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers","Sunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.","Mess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Captain John Coyne reading mail from home.","Major Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","Dinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.","1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","Captain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.","Captain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.","Captain Thomas of the US Air Force.","Captain James Degan taking a smoke break.","Captain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.","US light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Lieutenant Colonel Diep, the province chief, is in the background.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne and Sergeants Spearman and Creamer.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. A team administrative Non-Commissioned Officer and Vietnamese National Police guards are also pictured.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The collection contains 198 black and white photographs measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches, of MACV Team 58's experience in South Vietnam's Choung Thien province.","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam","United States. 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Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMilitary Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection, C0196, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection, C0196, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. EAD created by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011, edited by Liz Beckman in 2017 and 2018 and Amanda Menjivar in April 2023.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. EAD created by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011, edited by Liz Beckman in 2017 and 2018 and Amanda Menjivar in April 2023."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Special Collections Research Center holds many other material on the \u003cextptr show=\"new\" title=\"Vietnam War and its protest.\" href=\"https://aspace.gmu.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026amp;op%5B%5D=\u0026amp;q%5B%5D=vietnam+war\u0026amp;limit=\u0026amp;field%5B%5D=\u0026amp;from_year%5B%5D=\u0026amp;to_year%5B%5D=\u0026amp;commit=Search\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Material"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The Special Collections Research Center holds many other material on the "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains 198 black and white photographs (measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches) of MACV Team 58 taken by the Administrative NCO and by 1st Lieutenant Al Short in 1964-1965. Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from behind.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan giving a speech, viewed from right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan giving a speech, viewed from right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlternate view of the crowd at the assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and \"gym\" workout area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge building in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding in the camp seen from the side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuplicate picture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding in the camp shot from a different angle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding in the camp with corrugated roof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall building in the camp with army personnel inside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel in a mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel outside buildings working on trailers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel in mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA river bank in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal residents and military personnel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral team members sitting in the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA man getting his haircut in the camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn Administrative NCO posing with several cars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan posing with a Boa constrictor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor on water tower taking pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo NCOs posed with military jeeps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of military advisors at a party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKen Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrench \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMain street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral market in the early morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral market fruit vendor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral marketplace after a fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld man in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWoman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWater buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePopular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBattalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoom in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Coyne reading mail from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas of the US Air Force.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan taking a smoke break.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. 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Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.","Series 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.","Series 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from behind.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","View of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.","Alternate view of the crowd at the assembly.","Crowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Camp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.","M1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.","Wall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.","Camp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Building made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.","Building in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and \"gym\" workout area.","Aerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.","Army 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.","View of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.","Large building in Vi Thanh.","Building in the camp seen from the side.","Duplicate picture.","Building in the camp shot from a different angle.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.","Major Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.","Overhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","Military personnel in a mess hall.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.","Military personnel outside buildings working on trailers.","Military personnel in mess hall.","Vietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Two unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.","List of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.","Local children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","Military personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","A river bank in Vi Thanh.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Local residents and military personnel.","Major Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.","Unidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.","Captain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.","Several team members sitting in the mess hall.","Unidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.","Vietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.","Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.","Unidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.","Vietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.","Group portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.","Two team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.","A man getting his haircut in the camp.","Administrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.","Major Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.","Captain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.","Group portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.","Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.","An Administrative NCO posing with several cars.","Three NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.","Man posing with a Boa constrictor.","Military advisor on water tower taking pictures.","Two NCOs posed with military jeeps.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.","Group portrait of military advisors at a party.","Two men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.","Captain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.","Communications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.","Administrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.","USO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.","Vietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.","Group portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.","4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.","Captain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.","Unidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.","Captain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.","Lieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.","Captain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.","Ken Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.","Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.","Lieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.","US Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.","US Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.","US Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.","Advisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.","French \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.","Vietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.","Main street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.","Central market in the early morning.","Central market fruit vendor.","Central marketplace after a fire.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).","Gate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.","Old woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.","Old man in the village near Vi Thanh.","Woman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.","View across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.","Two US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.","US advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Water buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.","Three water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Barge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.","Popular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.","View out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.","Regional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.","View from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.","Captain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.","Captain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Building near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.","Room in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.","Sunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.","Sunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking","Sunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers","Sunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.","Mess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Captain John Coyne reading mail from home.","Major Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","Dinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.","1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","Captain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.","Captain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.","Captain Thomas of the US Air Force.","Captain James Degan taking a smoke break.","Captain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.","US light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Lieutenant Colonel Diep, the province chief, is in the background.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne and Sergeants Spearman and Creamer.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. A team administrative Non-Commissioned Officer and Vietnamese National Police guards are also pictured."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_64c3c09b8a3b89ed3a9e182390790a85\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains 198 black and white photographs measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches, of MACV Team 58's experience in South Vietnam's Choung Thien province.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains 198 black and white photographs measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches, of MACV Team 58's experience in South Vietnam's Choung Thien province."],"names_coll_ssim":["United States. 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Arrangement of series 2 was done by Al Short.","Series Series 1: Photos by Administrative NCO, 1965 (pages 1-26) Series 2: Photos by Al Short, news articles, 1964-1965 (pages 27-51)","MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province.","Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. EAD created by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011, edited by Liz Beckman in 2017 and 2018 and Amanda Menjivar in April 2023.","The Special Collections Research Center holds many other material on the ","The collection contains 198 black and white photographs (measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches) of MACV Team 58 taken by the Administrative NCO and by 1st Lieutenant Al Short in 1964-1965. Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.","Series 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.","Series 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from behind.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","View of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.","Alternate view of the crowd at the assembly.","Crowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Camp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.","M1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.","Wall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.","Camp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Building made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.","Building in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and \"gym\" workout area.","Aerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.","Army 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.","View of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.","Large building in Vi Thanh.","Building in the camp seen from the side.","Duplicate picture.","Building in the camp shot from a different angle.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.","Major Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.","Overhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","Military personnel in a mess hall.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.","Military personnel outside buildings working on trailers.","Military personnel in mess hall.","Vietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Two unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.","List of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.","Local children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","Military personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","A river bank in Vi Thanh.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Local residents and military personnel.","Major Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.","Unidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.","Captain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.","Several team members sitting in the mess hall.","Unidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.","Vietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.","Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.","Unidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.","Vietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.","Group portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.","Two team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.","A man getting his haircut in the camp.","Administrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.","Major Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.","Captain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.","Group portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.","Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.","An Administrative NCO posing with several cars.","Three NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.","Man posing with a Boa constrictor.","Military advisor on water tower taking pictures.","Two NCOs posed with military jeeps.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.","Group portrait of military advisors at a party.","Two men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.","Captain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.","Communications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.","Administrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.","USO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.","Vietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.","Group portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.","4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.","Captain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.","Unidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.","Captain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.","Lieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.","Captain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.","Ken Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.","Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.","Lieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.","US Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.","US Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.","US Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.","Advisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.","French \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.","Vietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.","Main street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.","Central market in the early morning.","Central market fruit vendor.","Central marketplace after a fire.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).","Gate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.","Old woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.","Old man in the village near Vi Thanh.","Woman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.","View across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.","Two US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.","US advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Water buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.","Three water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Barge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.","Popular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.","View out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.","Regional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.","View from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.","Captain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.","Captain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Building near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.","Room in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.","Sunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.","Sunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking","Sunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers","Sunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.","Mess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Captain John Coyne reading mail from home.","Major Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","Dinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.","1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","Captain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.","Captain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.","Captain Thomas of the US Air Force.","Captain James Degan taking a smoke break.","Captain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.","US light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Lieutenant Colonel Diep, the province chief, is in the background.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne and Sergeants Spearman and Creamer.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. A team administrative Non-Commissioned Officer and Vietnamese National Police guards are also pictured.","The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)","The collection contains 198 black and white photographs measuring 3.75 x 2.5 inches, of MACV Team 58's experience in South Vietnam's Choung Thien province.","George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center","United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam","United States. 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An additional 94 photographs donated by Al Short in January 2017."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Aerial photographs","Military camps","Portraits","Portraits, Group","Vietnam War, 1961-1975","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Aerial photographs","Military camps","Portraits","Portraits, Group","Vietnam War, 1961-1975","Photographic prints","Photographs"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["0.25 Linear Feet 1 box"],"extent_tesim":["0.25 Linear Feet 1 box"],"genreform_ssim":["Photographic prints","Photographs"],"date_range_isim":[1964,1965],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no access restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no access restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection has been digitized and is available to view \u003cextptr show=\"new\" title=\"here.\" href=\"http://images.gmu.edu/luna/servlet/GMU~2~2\"\u003e\u003c/extptr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available"],"altformavail_tesim":["This collection has been digitized and is available to view "],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe photographs in this collection are arranged by subject. Arrangement of series 2 was done by Al Short.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"ordered\"\u003e\n      \u003chead\u003eSeries\u003c/head\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 1: Photos by Administrative NCO, 1965 (pages 1-26)\u003c/item\u003e\n      \u003citem\u003eSeries 2: Photos by Al Short, news articles, 1964-1965 (pages 27-51)\u003c/item\u003e\n    \u003c/list\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The photographs in this collection are arranged by subject. Arrangement of series 2 was done by Al Short.","Series Series 1: Photos by Administrative NCO, 1965 (pages 1-26) Series 2: Photos by Al Short, news articles, 1964-1965 (pages 27-51)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["MACV (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) was an American organization of military personnel, sent to train and assist South Vietnamese armed forces. Originally, the advisors were sent to support the French military in the First Indochina War and were named MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Indochina. With the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam, MAAG shifted its focus to the training of South Vietnamese forces in an effort to stem the rising influence of Communism. In 1962 MAAG was replaced by U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and had grown from a few hundred advisors to over 3,000. At the time the photographs in this collection were taken (1964-1965), Team 58 was stationed in Vi Thanh in the former Chuong Thien province."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMilitary Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection, C0196, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Team 58 photograph collection, C0196, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Al Short material processed by Liz Beckman in January 2017, including revisons to finding aid and Scope and Content note captions provided by Al Short. 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Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from behind.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan giving a speech, viewed from right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan giving a speech, viewed from right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlternate view of the crowd at the assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCrowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. 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A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO show prepartions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel in a mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel outside buildings working on trailers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel in mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImage of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA river bank in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStore front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocal residents and military personnel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral team members sitting in the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA man getting his haircut in the camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn Administrative NCO posing with several cars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMan posing with a Boa constrictor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary advisor on water tower taking pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo NCOs posed with military jeeps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of military advisors at a party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUSO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKen Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrench \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMain street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral market in the early morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral market fruit vendor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentral marketplace after a fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOld man in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWoman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWater buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLarge barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePopular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eView from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArmy of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBattalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoom in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortrait of Captain John Coyne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Coyne reading mail from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas of the US Air Force.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain James Degan taking a smoke break.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUS light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. 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Photographs in the collection show the day-to-day life in the camp with some images of combat. Photographs of advisors include personnel working in offices, eating meals and enjoying down time, and preparing for a USO show. Several photographs document an assembly with Vietnamese speakers attended by both military advisors and local residents. Photographs also include scenes of the province capital of Vi Thanh, and several photographs taken from an airplane.","Series 1 contains photos taken by one of the Administrative Non-Comissioned Officers in MACV Team 58 in 1965. The series contains five subseries. Subseries 1 contains photographs taken from an assembly in Vi Thanh (probably the transition of the office of province chief from Lieutenant Colonel Diep to Major Nghia according to Al Short); subseries 2 contains photograms of the MACV Team 58 camp; subseries 3 includes Aerial views of Vietnam and images of the camp's runway and pilots; subseries 4 contains images of Vi Thanh,the capital of what was then called Chuong-Thien Province; subseries 5 contains portraits of MAAG Team 58.","Series 2 contains photos taken by Al Short, a 1st Lieutenant in MACV Team 58, in 1964 and 1965, as well as two news articles from 1965. Subseries 1 contains photos from a Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama Team show; subseries 2 contains photos of civic action program activities; subseries 3 contains photos of Vietnamese officials in Choung Thien Province; subseries 4 contains photos of military equipment and aircraft; subseries 5 contains photos of life in Vi Thanh city; subseries 6 contains photos of various Vietnamese military units on operations; subseries 7 contains photos of life in the MACV, Advisory Team 58 compound; subseries 8 contains photos of MACV Advisory Team 58 members; subseries 9 contains photos from an awards ceremony at the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound. Subseries descriptions and arrangement come from Al Short; subseries 10 contains two news articles from Boston from January and May 1965.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from behind.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man giving a speech, viewed from right.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","Man delivering a speech, viewed from the point of view of the crowd behind him.","View of the crowd at the assembly including millitary personnel and civilians.","Alternate view of the crowd at the assembly.","Crowd at assembly with banners displaying Vietnamese slogans.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Soldiers at assembly with Vietnamese banner.","Camp bedroom featuring two beds and a nightstand.","M1 carbines and M14 hanging on the wall.","Wall of a camp bedroom with dresser and clothing hanging on wall.","Camp bedroom with a bed, table and chairs, dresser and nightstand.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Camp mess hall with maps of Choung Thien province on an easel.","Building made of corrugated metal and hit by Viet Cong mortar fire.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound. Sign still says MAAG.","Building in the camp seen from the side, including sand bag bunker and \"gym\" workout area.","Aerial view of the camp including several different complexes of buildings.","Army 3/4 ton truck parked in the Southeast corner of the compound behind bunker and reinforcements made of sandbags.","View of South Vietnamese Regional Force/Popular Force (RF/PF) training center across the main canal in Vi Thanh, shot from a team jeep.","Large building in Vi Thanh.","Building in the camp seen from the side.","Duplicate picture.","Building in the camp shot from a different angle.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside.","Building in the camp with corrugated roof. A new worker on a lader is making repairs to the building.","Major Otis A Moran, Sector Senior Advisor, Major Thomas Lavasseur, Assistant Senior Advisor, and an unidentified individual standing outside several buildings in the camp on a Sunday.","View of the entrance gate to MACV Team 58 compound, with a shower and latrine on the right and Vietnamese police serving as gate guards.","Overhead shot of corrugated roofs with camp name and location printed on it.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show in the MACV Team 58 mess hall.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","USO show prepartions.","Military personnel in a mess hall.","Small building in the camp with army personnel inside and army 3/4 ton truck.","Military personnel outside buildings working on trailers.","Military personnel in mess hall.","Vietnamese National Police guarding the compound during the day, with shower and latrine building in the background.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Image of land, taken from an aircraft. Fires on the ground are farmers burning rice straw in fields after the harvest.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Sector L-19 (piper cub) landing at the \"new\" Vi Thanh airport, completed by Vietnamese engineers in early 1965.","Two unidentified US NCOs and Major Thomas LeVasseuer standing at the back of an aircraft.","List of the names of Advisory Team 58 members written in the sand.","Local children on court while military personnel play tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","Military personnel playing tennis. Vietnamese Brigade Headquarters is in the background.","A river bank in Vi Thanh.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents.","Store front in Vi Thanh with local residents and military personel.","Local residents and military personnel.","Major Thomas LeVasseur, Deputy Sector Advisor and a team Administrative NCO posed in uniform.","Unidentified team Administrative NCO taking a picture in the mirror.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","Military advisor taking pictures from the top of the compound water tower.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan sitting in the compound on a Sunday.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting behind sandbags in the compound entrance, bunker in the background.","Captain Clyde Myer sitting at his desk behind a type writer.","Several team members sitting in the mess hall.","Unidentified NCO sitting at a desk or table.","Vietnamese interpreterer sitting at a desk with a map of Choung Thien province behind him.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan behind the mess hall; generator shed in the rear.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a stripped shirt.","Major Donald Gluck and Major Otis A Moran (incoming and outgoing Senior Sector Advisors) on a Sunday.","Unidentified lieutenant reading something in bed.","Vietnamese interpreter for Team 58 driving a jeep at the compound.","Group portrait of US and Vietnamese personnel eating a meal, probably at the province chief's home; Major Donald Gluck is second on left.","Two team NCOs sitting in the back of Caribao Aircraft, one man in the forground faces away from the camera.","A man getting his haircut in the camp.","Administrative NCO at his desk in the sector office.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO (the photographer of most of the pictures in the collection) in a white tee-shirt.","Major Thomas LeVasseur washing a shovel in the rear of the compound.","Captain Whittman and an unidentified officer (rear) at their desks in Brigade HQ.","Group portrait of army personel playing volleyball in the compound; Major Thomas LeVasseur is on the left.","Two Vietnamese Police gate guards sitting in the camp behind sandbags.","Vietnamese interpreter and Admin NCO in uniform sitting at a desk in the sector office.","An Administrative NCO posing with several cars.","Three NCOs sitting around a table in a bedroom.","Man posing with a Boa constrictor.","Military advisor on water tower taking pictures.","Two NCOs posed with military jeeps.","Photograph of an Administrative NCO in a white shirt in front of a building.","Group portrait of military advisors at a party.","Two men in the mess hall, one reading and one at a desk.","Captain Whittman (seated) and another man standing in front of a camp building.","Communications NCO in uniform posed in the mess hall entry.","Administrative NCO outside in the compound posed in front of sandbags.","USO speed painter preparing for USO show in the mess hall.","Vietnamese interpreter sitting at his desk with a map of Vietnam behind him.","Group portrait of (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel Preston, senior advisor, Lieutenant Colonel Diep, province chief, Captain Loi, Vietnamese inelligence officer, Major Donald Gluck, and unidentified NCOs sitting outside.","4 unidentified NCOs sitting outside the rear of the compound with the \"gym\" in the background.","Captain Whitman seated at desk looking at the camera, Captain Clyde Myer with his back to the camera.","Unidentified USAF Pilot and Major Thomas LeVasseur talking.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama show at Sub-Sector Location, likely Duc Long.","Vietnamese Army Cultural Drama team members travelling by boat to performance site.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short presenting to Vietnamese woman.","Captain Clyde Meyer, Sam Daeli, 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short, and unidentified Vietnamese Province (Sector) officials.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and Lieutenant Buu having beer in Vi Thanh with an unidentified Vietnamese man.","Lieutenant Buu, Sector Logistical Officer.","Captain Loi (Vietnamese Sector Intelligence Officer) and Lieutenant Colonel Zom drinking Budweiser at the MACV compound.","Ken Thien District Chief being promoted to Captain by Province Chief Major Nghia.","Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Diep, Choung Thien province chief.","Lieutenant Tri, Provincial Assistant S-5 in field with his PSYOP team.","US Army L-19 on the \"new\" strip at Vi Thanh.","US Army HUEY-B model gun-ships on the ground at Vi Thanh.","US Army troop carying HUEY helicopters departing with Vietnamese forces from Vi Thanh.","Advisory Team 58 Jeep at MACV Team 58 compound gate.","French \"steam roller,\" circa 1910.","Vietnamese Navy Riverine Assault Group (RAG) 26 vessel.","Main street shops in Vi Thanh alongside the main canal.","Central market in the early morning.","Central market fruit vendor.","Central marketplace after a fire.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (4 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependents (10 children).","Army of the Republic of Vietnam military dependent (1 child).","Gate to Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment compound.","Old woman holding a government propaganda leaflet in the village near Vi Thanh.","Old man in the village near Vi Thanh.","Woman reading a newspaper in the village near Vi Thanh.","View across the main canal at the east end of Vi Thanh.","Two US advisors paddling a boat across the main canal at Vi Thanh to go to the Regional Forces/Popular Forces training center.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan inside the MACV Advisory Team 58 compound gate with local children.","US advisor and Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldier buying snacks from street vendors.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","The main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Boat traffic on the main canal in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Water buffalo and herder next to the MACV Team 58 Compound.","Three water buffalo next to the MACV Team 58 Compound","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Large barges from Cambodia hauling rock for the \"new\" airfield construction at Vi Thanh.","Barge hauling fresh water in Vi Thanh.","Popular Force guards at the \"new\" airfield.","View out the gate of the MACV Team 58 Compound at sundown.","Regional Force block house in the vicinity of Duc Long.","View from a jeep on the bridge at Duc Long crossing the main canal.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Army of the Republic of Vietnam 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment in the field in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion/31st Infantry regiment in the field southwest of Vi Thanh.","Captain Paul Yuracheck, Senior Advisor of the 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment practicing Vietnamese with children while the Vietnamese Battalion Commander lies in a hammock.","Captain Paul Yuracheck with the Vietnamese Battalion Commander and radio operator southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh.","Building near Buddhist pagoda (Kai Suu?) southwest of Vi Thanh; Battalion Commanding Officer without helmet.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members working with 2nd Battalion 31st Infantry regiment southwest of Vi Thanh.","Provincial PSYOP team members embarked in landing craft enroute to an operation with Regional Forces/Popular Forces.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh.","Captain James Degan, Regional Forces advisor, on operation in the vicinity of Vi Thanh crossing a small canal.","Room in a \"long house\" on the MACV Advisory Team 58 Compound.","Sunday afternoon get-together between the buildings.","Sunday night barbeque with three team Non-Commissioned Officers doing the cooking","Sunday \"service\" in the compound - Lieutenant Colonel Preston and two unidentified Non-Commissioned Officers","Sunday afternoon sing along with Captain Eugene J. Wyles on guitar, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, Captain John Coyne, Captain Stanley Bonta, Captain Clyde Meyers, and Lieutenant Colonel Preston.","Mess hall meeting on a Sunday - Major Otis Moran, Major Donald Gluck, Major Thomas LeVasseur, Jr, and Captain Clyde Meyers","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the \"library,\" a corner of the mess hall.","1st Lieutenant Kevin Renahan and two Vietnamese children.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Portrait of Captain John Coyne.","Captain John Coyne reading mail from home.","Major Thomas J. LeVasseur with a Vietnamese interpreter presenting gifts to the Mother Superior at the Catholic orphanage.","1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","2nd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","3rd Lieutenant Albert V. Short in the Chinese Park in the vicinity of the Province Chief's office, Vi Thanh.","Dinner hosted by Choung Thien Province Chief, Lieutenant Nguyen Ngoc Diep, with Major Otis A. Moran and Major Donald Gluck.","1st Lieutenant Ronald Johnson in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","Captain Royal having coffee in the team mess hall on a Sunday.","1st Lieutenant Eugene Gray in Team 58 mess hall in Vi Thanh.","Captain Clyde E. Meyers and Sargent Van Corbach surveying the \"new\" Vi Thanh airfield.","Captain Thomas of the US Air Force.","Captain James Degan taking a smoke break.","Captain John Coyne, Captain Loi (Vietnamese Provincial Intelligence Officer), and Major Thomas J. Levasseur, Jr. at the Brigade HQ map.","US light weapons infantry Non-Commissioned Officer and his Vietnamese counterpart drinking beer in a Vi Thanh restauraunt.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne, Sergeants Spearman and Creamer, Captain Royal, and Captain Clyde E. Meyers.","Major Otis A. Moran presenting the Combat Infantryman's Badge to 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short. Lieutenant Colonel Diep, the province chief, is in the background.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. Also pictured are Captain John Coyne and Sergeants Spearman and Creamer.","Lietenant Colonel Diep, Province Chief, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Albert V. Short on award of Combat Infantryman's Badge. 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