Sally Vinyard Papers, 1940s-2008

Series

Identifier: M128.01

Staff Only

Abstract

Sally Vinyard: Was born approximately in 1922. “The last American women to leave Vietnam” from BeforeItsNews blogpost. Known as "the last woman out," she was in charge of housing American and South Vietnamese refugees at an evacuation center near the Saigon airport. She was a Defense Department civilian in Saigon during South Vietnam's April 1975 fall, and played a major role in Operation Babylift. She was the chief housing officer in Saigon. Associated... with the NAVY/OICC. Source: Vestiges of Vietnam by Karen Bair, The Herald (Published October 21, 1999)

Dates

1940s-2008

Creator

Strang, Jolynne Chamberlain, 1946-2016 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

File folders contain social security numbers:

M128.01.0001.0004;M128.01.0001.0005;M128.01.0001.0009;M128.01.0001.0010;M128.01.0001.0011;M128.01.0001.0012;M128.01.0001.0015;M128.01.0001.0017;M128.01.0001.0018;M128.01.0001.0019;M128.03.0011.0014;

File folder contains medical record: M128.03.0012.0084

Extent

5.58 Linear Feet (4 boxes, (3 record boxes + 1 textile box))

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Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Circle of Sisters/Circle of Friends collection includes personal papers, photographs, memorabilia, books, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, slides, letters, scrapbooks and oral interviews. The collection illustrates women's service during the war in Southeast Asia as well as the ''coming home'' experience and shows their continued service through the present day. The current strengths of the collection are a section devoted to biographical material on each of the civilian women who died in Vietnam, personal films and videos, out-of-print books about women's roles during the war, information about Operation Babylift, and various theses and dissertations.