Military veterans

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This scrapbook contains assorted ephemera related to Sterns' life and education including dance cards, programs (plays, church services, athletic events), Dean's disciplinary messages, photographs, newspapers and newspaper clippings, and a Vermont certificate of Stern's military service (with medal) in World War I. Curiously, materials are housed in a National Memory and Fellowship book for the University of Vermont, not for Middlebury College.

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Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.

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Love submitted a 2002 article about his Vietnam experience that he wrote for an adult education journal writing class in a local community college.

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Hilton B. "Bick" Bicknell has contributed writings about his Middlebury and military experiences, and has an oral history recording regarding his Vietnam experiences that was recorded September 19, 2019. The interview is available as part of C-174, audio resources.

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Murdoch '65 sent a brief "war story" to Fred Stetson '65 in October 2019 via email. Included with the story is background information provided by Stetson and Murdoch's brief explanatory statement both included in the email exchange.

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Pelton provides a brief overview of his military service, and a slide show with inventory and an 8mm movie of compiled film reels documenting his service in Cam Ranh and Nha Trang Bays, Vietnam, 1965-1966. Pelton was also recorded during an MVGB gathering in August 2019 presenting his slide show and participating in a panel discussion about Vietnam military service. Those recordings are preserved in folder C-174 in Digital Halcyon in audio resources.

Scope and Contents Jeff McKay '65 was interviewed by classmate Fred Stetson '65 regarding his service in Vietnam as a public information officer for the 173rd Airborne Brigade from late 1966-December 1967. [Timestamps: Keywords] 1:30 Kennedy assassinaiton; 4:30 ROTC 1966; 8:00 Paratrooper/jump school, Fort Bragg NC; 9:30 In charge of 40 new recruits, including black recruits, personal doubts on ability to lead and not receiving training; 13:00 Went to information officers school at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.

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Mill Moore is included in recorded audio interviews. To date (February 2020) he is included in the August 2019 MVGB session conducted at Middelbury College Special Collections, and a joint interview with Mike Heaney '64, recorded at Moore's home in Hartland, VT, on February 4, 2020.

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Kasvinsky provides a brief memoir/overview and commentary on his time as a Lieutenant Commander, USNR, on Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21). He was also recorded talking about his military service as part of a veterans gathering organized by Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) on Aug. 15-16, 2019.

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Easton is not only a Middlebury Alumni Veteran, he is also an officer of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB). Records for Easton include: a written account of a helicopter accident that occurred on July 27, 1968, resulting in the death of four crewman (C-174 document collection); an aviator's helmet, first issuded to Easton in 1967 and donated by him in 2019 (shelved in Realia); and recordings of Easton made during an MVGB gathering in August 2019 (available in Digial Halcyon/AV/C-174).

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Hayward provides a brief memoir, written in 2013, of his military tenure as a Marine, 1964-1967. Hayward is also recorded describing his service during a Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) gathering on Aug. 15, 2019.

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Contains six photographs of the same young soldier, in khakis and fatigues, with his holograph notes on the backs of the photos, written to an unknown Middlebury College alumna.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.