In country collection, 1989-1992.

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In country collection, 1989-1992.

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The "In Country" collection consists of a reprint of an article and a booklet by Lydia M. Fish about songs sung and written by American soldiers and collected by General Edward G. Lansdale and others during the Vietnam War, the music CD of some of the songs, and two articles about the project of making the CD.

1 box (.25 linear feet)

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7658867

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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Fish, Lydia M.

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Lydia M. Fish is the director of the Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project of the Department of Anthropology at Buffalo State College in New York. The purpose of the project is to "collect, preserve, and make more widely known the folksongs of the Vietnam War." In 1991, the project published a CD entitled "In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the vietnam War," and consisting of 27 "songs made by the men who served in th evietnam War." From the description of In country...

Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project (Buffalo, N.Y.)

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Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987

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Air Force officer, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Edward G. Lansdale : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587418 Edward G. Lansdale (b. 1908, Detroit, Michigan-d. Feb. 23, 1987), U.S. Air Force officer, served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II and in 1943 was commissioned in the U.S. Army, serving in various military intelligence assignments throughout the War....