Vietnam War Historical Documents Archive USB PEN Card

Vietnam War Historical Documents Archive USB Card

327,020 pages of Vietnam War related documents  in 63 collections.

Just plug the USB Pen Card into your laptop, desktop, or tablet to access a significant compendium of Vietnam War History

A curated documentary collection of material drawn from the millions of pages of documents found in American archives and libraries, related to the Vietnam War. The materials provide deep coverage, going back to the First Indochina War. Coverage of how the United States became involved in the Vietnam War, to the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. The collection also contains reflections by historians enjoying the passage of time and access to vast amounts of historical material, to be able to give well informed views of all aspects of the war.

Documents  include: After Action Reports, All levels of reporting, Official Histories, Oral Histories, Presidential Papers, Correspondences, Intelligence Files, Court Documents, Field Manuals, Newspapers, FBI Files, Photographs and Secret Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Audio Recordings.

Sources include: National Archives and Records Administration, The Library of Congress, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of State, United States Marine Corps, United States Department of the Army, United States Department of the Navy and United States Department of the Air Force.

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The 63 Collections Include:

VIETNAM WAR 1955 - 1975: WHITE HOUSE - CIA - DOD - NSC - DEPT. OF STATE DOCUMENT TRANSCRIPTS
24,090 pages of text transcription of United States Government documents and other historical material dating from 1961 to July 1975, concerning the Vietnam War, transcribed by the Office of the Historian, United States Department of State. Each volume contains a detailed index. A single text search will cover all volumes.

VIETNAM WAR: 1ST MARINE CORPS AIRCRAFT WING ACTIVITY REPORTS
15,823 pages of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing command chronologies (histories), dating from May 1965 to December 1975

VIETNAM WAR: 1ST MARINES CORPS DIVISION COMMAND CHRONOLOGIES 
17,046 pages of 1st Marine Division Command Chronologies, dating from January 1966 to April 1971

VIETNAM WAR: AFTER ACTION REPORTS
3,050 pages of United States Military documents dating from May 1962 to March 1972 composed of after actions reports, lesson learned bulletins, and other reports dealing with assessment of combat activity during the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR: AIR AMERICA - CIA'S COVERT AIRLINE NEWSLETTER: AIR AMERICA LOG
255 pages, 33 issues of Air America Log, dating from November 1967 to July 1973.

VIETNAM WAR: AIR FORCE BLUE BOOK STUDIES
4,523 pages of formerly Top Secret "Blue Book" studies produced by the Air Force Historical Studies Office. 

VIETNAM WAR: AIR FORCE OFFICIAL HISTORY
5,270 pages of United States Air Force history, in 21 volumes. Some of these titles were produced from formally classified manuscripts. Official history compiled by United States Air Force historians. 

VIETNAM WAR: AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT USAF REPORTS
3,405 pages of United State Air Force reports regarding air-to-air combat during the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR: ARMED PROPAGANDA TEAMS CIA HANDBOOKS
109 pages of two CIA manuals produced in 1969-1970 for advisors in Armed Propaganda Teams apart of the Chiêu Hồi Program

VIETNAM WAR: ARMY INFANTRY NEWSPAPER "THE GO DEVIL"
134 pages, All of the 19 issues published of the official publication for the 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, "The Go Devil." 

VIETNAM WAR: ARMY OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUMES
10,745 pages, in 34 volumes of official United States Amy history of the Vietnam War

VIETNAM WAR:  "CHENNAULT AFFAIR" - "NIXON'S OCTOBER SURPRISE" DOCUMENTS
1,606 pages of Johnson and Nixon White House, FBI, CIA, NSA, NSC and State Department files, oral history transcripts and 2 hours and 22 minutes of audio recordings of President Johnson phone conversations, related the "Chennault Affair," also sometimes referred to as "Nixon's October Surprise." 

VIETNAM WAR: CIA FILES
3,000 pages of CIA files dealing with the Vietnam War, dating from March 1961 to September 1972. Material is made up of CIA operational files, finished intelligence reports, memoranda, and background studies.

VIETNAM WAR: CIA HISTORY STAFF CHRONOLOGY OF THE CONFLICT 1940-1973 (1974)
This 142-page chronology of events in the Vietnam Conflict, "Vietnam: A Draft Chronology, 1940 -1973," published in September 1974," was not declassified and released by the CIA to the public until May 2021.

VIETNAM WAR: CIA OFFICIAL INTERNAL SECRET HISTORY STUDIES
2,358 pages, 48 different documents of once classified official history of the CIA’s involvement in Vietnam, produced by the History Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA historians and current and former CIA personnel.

VIETNAM WAR: COMBAT IN CITIES REPORTS AND STUDIES
This collection includes 1,250 pages material

VIETNAM WAR: COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS: A HANDBOOK FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNIST GUERRILLA/TERRORIST OPERATIONS
On May 22, 1961, Robert F. Kennedy sent a copy of this report to President Kennedy. It consists of a working paper by the Special Warfare Division of the Department of the Army titled, "Counter Insurgency Operations: A Handbook for the Suppression of Communist Guerrilla/Terrorist Operations."

VIETNAM WAR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE ELECTRONIC TELEGRAMS 1973-1975
40,000 pages of Vietnam War related Department of State Electronic Telegrams: 1973 - 1975 among a collection of 1,560,000 pages of electronic telegram information, including 991,600 pages of State Department telegrams, with 568,400 pages of description/attribution sheets.

VIETNAM WAR: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POW/MIA FILES
4,866 pages of Department of Defense files dealing with Southeast Asia POW/MIA issues stemming from the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR: FIELD MANUALS
29,020 pages of Vietnam War era military field manuals.

VIETNAM WAR: 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION - AIRMOBILE LESSONS LEARNED 1967
118-page report, First Calvary Division October 27, 1967 operational report, detailing 1st Calvary/Airmobile 1967 operations in the Binh Ding Province, including Operation Pershing, the continuation of Operation Thayer, and Operation Le Jeune.

VIETNAM WAR: FLIGHT MANUALS
11,695 pages, the contents of 70 Vietnam War era flight and aircraft manuals

VIETNAM WAR: FOREST FIRE AS A MILITARY WEAPON
A 170-page June 1970 Report of study commissioned by the Dept of Defense.

VIETNAM WAR: GLOSSARY OF TERMS/LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
153 pages of files related to the creation of a “Glossary of Terms in Vietnam” (1967), by the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, U.S. Army Pacific, U.S. Army Vietnam, Command Historian.

VIETNAM WAR: GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT - GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FILES, CIA FILES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE FILES, WHITE HOUSE FILES, SECRET WHITE HOUSE AUDIO RECORDINGS
689 pages of Department of Defense, CIA, State Department, and White House files, and twelve and a half hours of secretly recorded President Lyndon Johnson White House telephone conversations, related to the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

VIETNAM WAR: HISTORICAL FILES
1,150 pages of Vietnam War historical files. Files mostly date for the mid-60's to 1977. 

VIETNAM WAR: JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF OFFICIAL HISTORY
3,467 pages of the history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam. Formerly top-secret Vietnam War history volumes created by the historical division of the Joint Secretariat. This material was prepared from 1955 to 1979.

VIETNAM WAR: JOHN MCCAIN VIETNAM WAR POW CIA & DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FILES
270 pages of CIA and Department of Defense documents and transcriptions of foreign broadcasts, from 1967 to 1981, relating to John McCain's captivity in North Vietnam.

VIETNAM WAR: KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION VIETNAM POLICY PAPERS
1,610 pages of Kennedy Administration files dealing with Vietnam Policy.

VIETNAM WAR: SEC. OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1,845 pages of once secret testimony by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to the United States Congress.

VIETNAM WAR: M-16 M-14 AND OTHER RIFLE GROUPS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTS, FIELD MANUALS, AND TRAINING FILM
2,780 pages of reports and manuals by, and created for the Department of Defense, dating from 1961 to 1980 and one 1966 US Army training film on the M16 Rifle and other rifle groups.

VIETNAM WAR: MACV COMMAND ARMY ACTIVITIES SE REPORTS (1968-1972)
7,650 pages of MACV Command Army Activities SE Reports dating from January 3, 1968, to December 20, 1972.

VIETNAM WAR: MARINES CORPS NEWSPAPER: SEA TIGER
412 pages of the "Sea Tiger," published by the III Marine Amphibious Force, various issues published between October 5, 1966 and July 18, 1968

VIETNAM WAR: MARINES CORPS HISTORY VOLUMES
6,385 pages of official Marine Corps history of the Vietnam War, in 21 volumes, published by the United States Marine Corps' History and Museums Division, created from 1968 to 2009.

VIETNAM WAR: MONSOON SEASON FORCE DISPOSITION STUDY
A 313-page Field Force Vietnam study concerning operational concepts and desired force disposition during the period of the southwest monsoon in II Corps Tactical Zone. Evaluates the situation as it existed in March 1968 and provides guidance on tactical concepts considered appropriate in the conduct of the battle during the monsoon.

VIETNAM WAR: MY LAI MASSACRE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FILES
25,800 pages of Department of Defense documents dealing with the My Lai massacre.

VIETNAM WAR: NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL REPORTS
2,400 pages of reports produced by the CIA's National Intelligence Council dealing with aspects of the Vietnam War, and events leading to the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR: NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUMES
980 pages of official National Security Agency histories covering NSA activities in Southeast Asia, during the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR: NAVY COMMANDER (COMNAVFORV) REPORTS
7,728 pages of monthly reports, covering the actions of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, produced under the direction of the Commander U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam

VIETNAM WAR: NORTH/COMMUNIST VIETNAM CRYPTOLOGY OFFICIAL HISTORY NSA ENGLISH TRANSLATION 
This collection contains 386 pages. A National Security Agency translation of a 1990 Vietnamese People's Army's publication, "History of the Cryptographic Branch of the People's Army of Viet Nam, 1945-1975." (Hanoi: People’s Army Publishing House). Contains both a 2017 (182 pages) and a 1994 (205 pages) edition of the NSA’s translation. Includes Notes on the Translation and an introduction covering North Vietnamese cryptology by its translator David W. Gaddy. Gaddy was the founder and first Chief of NSA’s Center for Cryptologic History. 

VIETNAM WAR: NUCLEAR WEAPON OPTION DOCUMENTS
370 pages of Department of Defense, White House National Security Council, and CIA files that address the nuclear question faced during the Vietnam War.

VIETNAM WAR OPERATION POPEYE: CLOUD-SEEDING, WEAPONIZATION OF WEATHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
548 pages of CIA, Department of Defense, and Congressional Documents related to Operation POPEYE, a plan for weather modification through cloud-seeding in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War

VIETNAM WAR: PENTAGON PAPERS & FBI FILES, NIXON TAPES, & COURT DOCUMENTS
7,428 pages of Pentagon Papers, FBI files, court documents, along with Nixon audio recordings and an audio recording of Supreme Court oral arguments in the case New York Times v United States

VIETNAM WAR: PHOTOGRAPHY
200 photographs with background descriptions, of Vietnam War activities. 

VIETNAM WAR: POW/MIA NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY  (NSA) FILES
2,118 pages of National Security Agency (NSA) files related to Vietnam War POW/MIA United States Servicemen.

VIETNAM WAR: POW NON-RETURNEE REPORTS
878 pages of reports of returnee information on non-returnees archived. Summary reports of information obtained from retuning POWs from Southeast Asia on non-returning POWs.

VIETNAM WAR: POW/MIA SOUTHEAST ASIA FBI/CIA/STATE DEPT. FILES
7,670 pages of FBI, CIA, and State Department documents dealing with American POWs/MIAs in Southeast Asia.

VIETNAM WAR: SEARCH AND RESCUE DOCUMENTS
2,400 pages, 85 documents, composed of mission reports, monographs, and research reports covering Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in Southeast Asia.

VIETNAM WAR - SOUTHEAST ASIA JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS RECORDS
448 pages of official National Security Council (NSC) meetings summary records, dating from March 5, 1964, to November 25, 1968 of meetings significantly devoted to the Vietnam War.  The notes include meeting minutes, charts, maps, intelligence briefings, memorandums, attendance lists, press releases, agendas, draft statements, reports, cables, transcripts of press conferences, and clippings.

VIETNAM WAR: SOUTH VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA OFFICIAL HISTORY
3,887 pages,19 volumes, of Vietnam War South Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian commander official history.

VIETNAM WAR: SS MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT & RESCUE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FILES
508 pages of Department of Defense documents covering the SS Mayaguez Incident and rescue.

VIETNAM WAR: SAIGON EVACUATION AFTER ACTION REPORT
A 104-page summary of the evacuation of Saigon, South Vietnam under Operation Frequent Wind: Operations Analysis Group, report no. 2-75.

VIETNAM WAR: TET OFFENSIVE CIA - DOD - STATE DEPT - SOUTH VIETNAM FILES
3,921 pages of CIA, Department of Defense, State Department files, South Vietnamese Army history, U.S. Army photos and South Vietnam Army photos covering the Vietnam War's Tet Offensive. Materials date from 1967 to 2003.

VIETNAM WAR: VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR FBI FILES
19,978 pages of FBI files covering the activities of the ant-Vietnam War group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

VIETNAM WAR: VIETNAMESE VILLAGE HANDBOOKS FOR ADVISORS
160 pages of in two handbooks. Vietnamese Village 1970 Handbook for Advisors Abstract: This handbook is designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. It covers the traditional village leadership, village government, village economy, village security, and the advisory role.


And collections closely related to the Vietnam War

CIA SPY PLANE: LOCKHEED A-12 BLACKBIRD PROJECT OXCART - PROJECT BLACK SHIELD CIA FILES, FLIGHT LOGS AND MANUALS
4,179 pages of CIA files. Memos, correspondences, reports,  and manuals covering the development of the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird, its testing, and its missions.

HENRY KISSINGER TELEPHONE CONVERSATION TRANSCRIPTIONS 1969-1976
27,013 pages of Henry Kissinger telephone conversation transcriptions (telcons). Telcons of telephone conversations taking place from January 1969 through December 1976. These telcons include conversations with President Nixon before Nixon began his recordings in February 1971 and after Nixon stopped his recordings on July 12, 1973. Many topics including Vietnam is covered. When searching the Kissinger Telcons for the word "Vietnam," you will get 1,696 hits.

KENT STATE INCIDENT FBI FILES
1146 pages of files copied from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., covering the May 1970 unrest at Kent State University.

MUHAMMAD ALI: UNITED STATES V. CLAY (ALI) COURT DOCUMENTS, SUPREME COURT AUDIO, FBI FILES & HISTORIES
1,660 pages of court documents, FBI files and histories related to Muhammad Ali's refusal to be inducted into the United States military during the Vietnam War. In 1967, Ali had been reigning world heavyweight champion for three years when he publicly refused to be inducted into the military during the Vietnam War. On April 28, 1967 Ali reported at the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station in Houston but refused to take the step forward symbolizing his entrance into the United States military. Includes, "Includes United States v. Clay: Muhammad Ali’s Fight Against the Vietnam Draft," a 105-page history by Winston Bowman Associate Historian, Federal Judicial History Office, Federal Judicial Center.

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY SECRET WHITE HOUSE RECORDINGS
One-hundred and two hours of President Kennedy White House recordings. These recordings date from July 30, 1962, to November 7, 1963. Many cover issues related to Southeast Asia.

Historians have often debated and will continue to debate what steps President Kennedy would have taken in Vietnam. On one of the tapes, President Kennedy listens to recommendations by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and later that same day, has an informal meeting with U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson during which Stevenson expresses concern that any moves in Southeast Asia might signal a further commitment by the U.S. About the situation, the President says: "When we came in we were at the point of having to go in and fight. At least we are not going to do that.
 
One topic of Southeast Asia highlight include:

On 4/19/63, 4/20/63, and 4/22/63, President Kennedy met with his staff to discuss the present military situation in Southeast Asia and the diplomatic and military moves that the United States will make in response. As a chess-move directed at Hanoi and Moscow to indicate how seriously the U.S. is taking the situation in Laos, the U.S. military is moving forces into Thailand, a carrier and destroyers into the Gulf of Tonkin. The Joint Chiefs of Staff discuss depositing a sunken ship across Hanoi harbor to disrupt shipping or destroy rail lines. The President asks that if the carrier is moved into the Gulf: "What kind of threat would it be to Hanoi?" Later he states: "It seems to me we ought to have a study made of exactly what we could do that would really have an effect.I am not sure that bombing even Hanoi would do much compared to the risk that it would entail." This discussion occurs seven months before President Kennedy's death and sixteen months before President Lyndon B. Johnson would ask Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

SEYMOUR HERSH AMERICAN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST CIA FILES
1,453 pages of CIA files commenting on the reporting by or making note of the consequence of Seymour Hersh’s reporting to the Central Intelligence Agency, especially concerns about leaked classified information. Seymour Hersh (April 8, 1937) is an American investigative journalist and political writer. He is a longtime contributor to The New Yorker magazine and the New York Times. Hersh first gained nation-wide attention for his Pulitzer Prize winning reporting on the 1969 My Lai Massacre in Vietnam and its cover-up. While reporting on the Vietnam War, Hersh exposed the secret bombings in Cambodia