Gates T. Richards collectionMS.0505Virginia Military Institute Archives

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Thia collection consists of slides, photographs, printed material, leaflets and propaganda material, and documents that date from Gates T. Richards' service in a Psychological Operations unit during the Vietnam War, 1966-1967. An inventory listing details about individual photographs and slides is available upon request.

Biographical / Historical

Gates T. Richards graduated from VMI in 1961 and subsequently attended law school. He served as an United States Army officer from August 1965 to October 1967, which included a tour of duty in Vietnam with with 245th Psychological Operations Company.

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Preferred Citation

Gates T. Richards collection, 1966-1967. MS 0505. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1961 Vietnam War (1961-1975) Psychological warfare Propaganda, American -- Vietnam Slides (photographs) Slides, Vietnam/repositories/3/archival_objects/1361966-196835 mmEnglish.Photographs, Vietnam/repositories/3/archival_objects/1371966-1968Black and white printsEnglish.Printed material/repositories/3/archival_objects/1381966-1968English.Printed Material

This series includes a Psychological Operations manual (May 1962), various short histories of Vietnam, Vietnamese phrase books, and other material used by Gates T. Richards while in Vietnam.