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Vessey Box 29, Vietnam POW/MIA

 Series — Box: Vessey 29, Vietnam POW/MIA

Content Description

From the Collection:

This is a collection of the personal paperwork, correspondence, framed materials, and photos of John W. Vessey Jr. and his wife Avis. This primarily covers Vessey's time as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff but also includes material from his childhood through post-retirement.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1939 - 2016
  • Agent Relation: Donated by Sarah Vessey, 2018. Accession 2018.011.

Extent

From the Collection: 60 Linear Feet (87 boxes and 2 flat file drawers.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

From the Collection: Korean

From the Collection: Vietnamese

From the Collection: Chinese

From the Collection: Greek, Modern (1453-)

From the Collection: Thai

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Lao LIVSIHIGHTING Investigation, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ George F. Ridgeway, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Foundation for Tomorrow, Inc., 1988 November-December

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ USCINCPAC Honolulu, HI, 1994 January 25

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ John F. Sommer, Jr., 1994 January 25 Memorandums, 1994 January 26

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Trilateral POW/MIA Conference + Ms. Carol DeMann, 1993 August 13-17

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – U.S./Lao Evacuation, 18-26 Mar 89, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – LTR to SRV Vice Premier Thach From General Vessey, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Senator Bob Dole, 1989 March 3

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Press Guidance : Cambodia : Vietnamese Troop Estimates, 1989 February

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Cambodia : JIM 2 – Documents (6), 1989 February

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Cambodia : JIM-2 Working Group Begins to Debate Final Statement 18 February 1989

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vietnamese-Chinese Posturing over Cambodia – The Saga Continues (U), 1989 February

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged Remains in Laos, 1989 February

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ LTC Joe Harvey, 1989

“Children’s Disabilities in Vietnam” Report by Gen Vessey, 1988 July 27

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memos from the POW/MIA Interagency Group, 1989 March-June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – POW/MIA Policy, 1989 January 27

Reports on Remains Returned, 1988 October 20

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ James Anderson, 1988 October 24

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vietnam Proposes Date for Repatriation, 1988 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vietnamese and Lao Deputy Ministers Visit Malaysia, 1988 April 26

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Preliminary Analyses of Remains Repatriated from SRV on 2 Mar 88, 1988 April 12

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Refugee Reports Possible Scam in VM Involving Black/Bling American Sightings, 1988 April 28

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Nguyen Binh Thanh

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo from Richard Childress, 1988 April 14

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vietnam and the IMF, 1988 April

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Joint Evacuation Hung Up on Payment of Lao Unilateral Expenses, 1988 April 20

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Larry Ward

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ David Lambertson

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Ann Mills Griffiths

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Nguyen Si Xung

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Investigation Reports Provided by SRV During 22-25 Jan 88 Technical Meeting, 1988 January 30

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Personal Arguments of Live POWs

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ DIA Report – North Vietnamese Mortuary Specialist, 1988 April 18

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Vincent Donahue, 1987 August 31

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Legislative Amendment of McCollum Program, 1988 April

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vubanh Warns Further US Statements on Thai/Lao Border Issue Could Impact on POW.MIA Cooperation, 1988 April

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – ICRC Official Reports Cambodia Prime Minister Considering POW/MIA Remains Question and Comments on Bono Case, 1988 April

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ John LeBoutillier, 1987 November 20

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – SRV POW/MIA Resolution Equipment List, 1988 February

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Claiborne Pell

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Amendment to Revised Talking Points for the Joint Activity Planning Meeting in Hanoi, 9-12 September, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ COL Frank Libutti

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 1991 June 9

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ GEN Brent Scowcroft, 1991 October 20

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Ken Quinn

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ CAPT Dave Molinelli

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ LTG John Shalikashvili

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Next POW/MIA Technical Meeting in Hanoi, 1989 November

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Robert Smith

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ The Editor, Time Magazine, 1989 September 6

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Nancy Godfrey, 1989 November 8

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo, Department of State, 1989 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Interim Investigative Activities in Vietnam, 1989 October 5

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Ernest Burgess, Prosthetics Research Foundation, 1990 November

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Operation Smile

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Vietnamese Proposal for Payment of Joint Investigative Team Expenses, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Joint Recovery Operation in Laos, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – General Observations/ Comment on Investigations Conducted from 12 Apr 89 to 30 Apr 89, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – POW/MIA IAG (And LTG Soyster), 1989 May 21

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – 16-17 May 89, POW/MIA Technical Meeting; Detailed Report, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Proposed Talking Points for Next PW/MIA Technical Meeting, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memos Regarding U.S. Forensic Science Team, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Frederick Downs, Jr.

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – U.S. Observer at Unilateral Excavation, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – General Observations/ Comments on Investigations Conducted 1-17 Jun 89, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Howe Says UK-Vietnamese Repatriation Agreement Very Close, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memos Regarding Japanese Monk Held at B-14 Prison, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Future Embassy Staff for Cambodia, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Laos: Next Steps, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Hun Sen Offers Again to Discuss MIA Remains, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Hearsay Report of Gravesite of Two Alleged Americans Obtained During Recovery of Japanese Remains, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Joint Investigation of Case 0094 in Cuu Long Province, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Additional Information Report Concerning REFNO 1187, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Additional Information Report Concerning Case 1531, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Additional Information Report Concerning REFNO 0056, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Preliminary Report on SRV Excavation of Case 0677, 1989 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Gillespie Montgomery

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Robert Kimmitt

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Meeting with the Lao Foreign Minister, 1989 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Report of U.S.-Vietnamese Negotiations for Implementation of “The Special Released Reeducation Center Detainees Resettlement Program”, Hanoi, 1989 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Codel Solarz Visit to Hanoi: Bilateral Issues, 1989 April

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Jim Diehl

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Meeting with Vietnamese, 1989 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Smith/McIntire Case

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Inaccuracies during “60 Minutes” Show on POWs December 15, 1985

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Spokesman on U.S. Relations, Cambodia, 1987 May 7

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Noon Press Briefing Spokesman: Charles Redman, 1987 May 7

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Donald M. Berges

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Richard L. Armitage

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ John Fellows

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Talking Points for the Next POW/MIA Technical Meeting, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Leftover US Equipment in SRV, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged “Colony” of U.S. Servicemen in Laos, 1989 March

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Text of Remarks by the Honorable Richard B. Cheney at Swearing-In Ceremony, 1989 March 21

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged U.S. Remains in the Possession of SRV Official in Phu Loc, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Additional Information Provided by VNOSMP Concerning REFNO 0903, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged Shoot Down of US Aircraft in Thuan Hai, 1989 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged US Remains Recovered by VNOSMP in Vung Tau, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Alleged Helicopter Crash Site with Three US Remains in Dong Nai, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Skeletal Remains Used as Medical Training Aid, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Recovery Operations in Ban Tiang Laos, 29 May – 04 June 1989, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Redeployment of Forensic Team and CILHI Specialist, 1989 June

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Zackary Fisher

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ James Joseph, 1988 May

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Lao Visit to JCRC and USACILHI, 24-28 OCT 88, 1988 October

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ U.S. Provided Equipment for Joint Activity in Vietnam, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – VNOSMP Visit to JCRC and CILHI, 1988 July

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Technical Talks Press Release: Final Word from Lao – No Press Release: Shock Over Our Narcotics Statements, 1988 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – JCRC/ CILHI Initial Report, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – SRV EMBOFF on SRV Decision to Suspend Cooperation, 1988 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – U.S. – Vietnamese Talks on Vietnam’s Humanitarian Concerns, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Revised Press Statement for JCRC Commander, 1988 September 25

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Arrival of JCRC/CILHI Teams, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Talking Points for the Joint Activity Planning Meeting, 1988 August

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Detailed Report, 12-14 SEP 88 POW/MIA Planning Meeting in Hanoi, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – 8-9 OCT 88 Meeting with VNOSMP in Hanoi, 1988 October

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Reports of Joint Investigation Signed 9 OCT 88 in Hanoi, 1988 October

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Ambassador Trinh Xuan Lang

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Joint Activities in Vietnam NSC for Childress, DIA for VO-PW, 1988 September

Vietnam POW Correspondence/ Memo – Hanoi Talks on Re-Education Camp Detainees, 1988 July

Folder. Unknown date.

Folder. 1973.

Folders 1984 - 1994.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
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