Hugh Thompson and Lawrence Colburn collection, 1967-2006.

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Hugh Thompson and Lawrence Colburn collection, 1967-2006.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84671713

The collection contains materials related to the life and careers of Hugh Thompson and Lawrence Colburn from 1967-2006. The majority of the collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Thompson and Colburn from 1994-2004. The collection also contains awards and certificates received by Thompson from 1967-2004, including his bronze star and purple heart, an honorary degree from Emory University, a small amount of correspondence circa 1994-2004 mostly relating to interviews and newspaper articles, and a small number of photographs. There is almost no material related to the My Lai massacre apart from clippings, a file related to Thompson's efforts to alter his military record, and a small number of photocopied documents from the National Archives. A list of awards not retained is included in the collection file.

4 linear ft. : (4 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325887

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Thompson, Hugh, 1943-2006

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Hugh Clowers Thompson, Jr. (1943-2006) and Lawrence M. Colburn were both soldiers in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and helped to rescue Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre. Thompson, born April 15, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia, was a helicopter pilot and served in the military from 1961-1983. He died in 2006. Colburn, born in Coulee City, Washington, joined the Army in 1966 and served as a door gunner in Vietnam. Both were awarded the Soldier's Medal in 1998. ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Colburn, Lawrence M.

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