Papers of Kathy Ormond, 1966-1993 bulk (1968-1970).

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Papers of Kathy Ormond, 1966-1993 bulk (1968-1970).

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The papers contain newspaper clippings about Ormond's 15-month tour of duty in Vietnam, her passport and identification cards, some of the materials she used or prepared for her programs, and correspondence with her family and from friends and soldiers she met while on duty. Of particular importance is the extensive collection of photographs, both prints and slides, Ormond took while on her tour of duty, focusing on her daily life, the men serving in Vietnam, namely the Americal Infantry Division, the 1st Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, as well as the Vietnamese countryside, the Vietnamese people and their villages.

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United States. Army. Americal Division

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st

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The 1st Division ("Fighting First" or "The Big Red One") was activated on May 24, 1917, assembled at the New York Port of Embarkation in June, and completed its arrival in France on December 22, 1917. The 1st Division was the first to arrive in France, first to suffer casualties, first to enter Germany, and the first to cross the Rhine. It saw action in the Sommerviller, Ansauville, Lucey, and Saizerais sectors in Lorraine, the Cantigny sector in Picardy, and took part in the Montdidier-Noyon de...

United States. Army. Armored Cavalry Regiment, 11th

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Ormond, Kathy, 1945-

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Kathy Ormond served with the Red Cross' Supplemental Recreational Activities Overseas Program as a recreation aide during the Vietnamese Conflict from July 1968 to October 1969, a program which recruited women college graduates between the ages of 21 and 24. Ormond's service consisted of visiting forward fire bases in a two-member team, frequently by helicopter, and providing breaks for the American troops by creating and putting on programs and supplying games and reading materials for their en...