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Herke, Larry collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021.017

Scope and Contents

Records:

Materials are mostly from 1st Brigade 2006-2007 OIF deployment.

Clamshell box: Operation Future Soldier Footlocker Kit. Recruiting promotion. Includes Daring Eagle board game, National Guard trading cards, comic book, etc.

Funeral program and obituary

Maps

Correspondence

Event programs including Koch, Clemmons, Turcotte, Stuart, Mettille memorial programs

Photos

Staff paperwork

Digital files on DVDs

Desert Bulls magazines

Desert Bulls poster

National Guard deployment handbooks

Brigade Battlestaff AAR magazine

Monthly Staff Plan binder

Beyond The Yellow Ribbon binder

MEEL binder. Mission Essential Equipment Load? Memoes, PowerPoint slides, etc.

Iraq Transitional Handbook. DoD publication.

One banker's box of newspapers, clippings, and inkjet prints of online articles.

Scope and Contents

Artifacts:

1-helmet

1-helmet cover

1-helmet band

1-night vision bracket

1-coat

1-trousers

1-boots

1-cap

1-t-shirt

1-socks

1-undershorts

1-two pair sunglasses

1-flashlight

1-gloves

1-headset

1-9mm magazine

1-holster

1-magazine, 5.56mm

1-first-aid kit

1-pouch

1-body armor

Hat, Sun, Hot Weather, Universal Camouflage Pattern, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Coat, Army Combat Uniform, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Trousers, Field, Army Combat Uniform, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cap, Field, Patrol, ACU, US.

Canteen, Camelback, US.

Boot, Combat, Desert, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Boot, Combat, Desert, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Scarf, Neck, ACU, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Glove, Nomex, US.

Sock, Tan, US Army.

Vest, Assault, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Hat, Sun, Hot Weather, 3-Color Camouflage, Desert, US

Glasses, Field, Safety, US.

Holster, Gun, US, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cap, Knit, Beanie, Iraq.

Hat, Service, Women's, Officers', US Army.

Pack, Field, Molle, US Army, Global War on Terror.

Flag, US, 50 star.

Guidon, 1st BN 194th CS, Minnesota National Guard.

Guidon, D Co. 1st BN 194th, Minnesota National Guard.

Guidon, DROC, 34th Division, Minnesota National Guard.

Guidon, HQ, 1/194th, Minnesota National Guard.

Guidon, C Battery 1/125th Field Artillery, Minnesota National Guard.

Guidon, A Battery, 2/43rd Air Defense Artillery.

Dates

  • Creation: 2006-2021
  • Event: Donated by Larry Herke on 24 May 2021. Accession 2021.017

Conditions Governing Use

MMVM may, or may not, hold copyrights to materials in this collection. Donors who own copyrights to their donated materials, i.e., photos taken by their grandfather, typically donate their copyrights to MMVM as indicated on the Donation Gift Form. We recognize it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to copy or publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

COL Larry Herke, MNNG. 1963-2024. OIF veteran. Sauk Centre MN.

Full Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 white banker's boxes and horizontal archival clamshell box. Additional artifacts in Collections dept. Shelf 9-D-3.)

Language of Materials

English

Source

Status
In Progress
Author
Daniel Ewer, Archivist
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States