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Finding aid created by Nathaniel Baako and Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Stan Skalski Papers, 1966-1968 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.516

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Stan Skalski Papers 1966-1968 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.516 1.00 The papers are in: English This collection consists of letters, 1966-1968, written by U.S. Army Private First Class Stan Skalski to his fiancee Caren Brereton in Philadelphia, as well as biographic material. Earlier letters concern Skalski's basic training at Fort Jackson, Georgia and Fort Gordon, Georgia, and later his airborne training at Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  Skalski describes various training exercises and his overall acclimation to army life, but also writes at length about personal matters.  He frequently mentions family members and mutual acquaintances in Philadelphia, as well as wedding plans.  Letters written during Skalski's service in Vietnam describe the activities of his patrol near the Phan Rang Air Base, located in then South Vietnam.  Skalski discusses guard duty on base and encounters with the Viet Cong in the surrounding area.  In addition to these written correspondences, the collection also includes biographic material, such as two postcards from Saigon and a boarding pass for the 8346th Air Division, tactical airlift to Phan Rang.  A scrapbook maintained by Skalski contains photographs of his military training, including what appears to be a mock Vietnamese village, as well as service related ephemera and artifacts.  The collection also includes a newspaper clipping from the Screaming Eagle, a publication of the 101st Airborne Division, which mentions the activity of Skalski's patrol. Skalski, Stan arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

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Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

Stan Skalski Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/05/2009.

 Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in November and December 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist. Further arranged by Nathaniel Baako, SCRC Staff, in December 2009.  Further described by Peter Klicker, SCRC Staff, in March 2010.

 Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Stan Skalski">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Stan Skalski</a>.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, 1966-1968, written by U.S. Army Private First Class Stan Skalski to his fiancee Caren Brereton in Philadelphia, as well as biographic material. Earlier letters concern Skalski's basic training at Fort Jackson, Georgia and Fort Gordon, Georgia, and later his airborne training at Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  Skalski describes various training exercises and his overall acclimation to army life, but also writes at length about personal matters.  He frequently mentions family members and mutual acquaintances in Philadelphia, as well as wedding plans.  Letters written during Skalski's service in Vietnam describe the activities of his patrol near the Phan Rang Air Base, located in then South Vietnam.  Skalski discusses guard duty on base and encounters with the Viet Cong in the surrounding area.  In addition to these written correspondences, the collection also includes biographic material, such as two postcards from Saigon and a boarding pass for the 8346th Air Division, tactical airlift to Phan Rang.  A scrapbook maintained by Skalski contains photographs of his military training, including what appears to be a mock Vietnamese village, as well as service related ephemera and artifacts.  The collection also includes a newspaper clipping from the Screaming Eagle, a publication of the 101st Airborne Division, which mentions the activity of Skalski's patrol.

 Arrangement of Materials

This collection is arranged into three boxes.  The first two boxes contain Skalski's written correspondences, arranged by folder into chronological order.  The third box contains Skalski's scrapbook.

 Additional Information Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Can openers Certificates Instructions (document genre) Letters (correspondence) Photographs Topical Term: Courtship--United States--History--20th century. Insignia. Military bases--Photographs Postcards. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American Detailed Description of the Collection id67521 1 Correspondence id67514 October 1966 1 1 Correspondence id67515 November 1966 1 2 Correspondence id67516 December 1966 1 3 Correspondence id67517 January 1967 1 4 Correspondence id67518 February 1967 1 5 Correspondence id67519 March 1967 1 6 Correspondence id67520 April 1967 1 7 id67522 2 Correspondence id67523 May 1967 2 1 Correspondence id67524 June 1967 2 2 Correspondence id67525 July 1967 2 3 Correspondence id67526 August 1967 2 4 Correspondence id67527 September 1967 2 5 Correspondence id67528 October 1967 2 6 Correspondence id67529 November 1967 2 7 Correspondence id67530 December 1967 2 8 Correspondence id67531 January 1968 2 9 Correspondence id67532 February 1968 2 10 Correspondence id67533 March 1968 2 11 Correspondence id67534 April 1968 2 12 Correspondence id67535 June 1968 2 13 Correspondence id67536 undated 2 14 id67538 3 Scrapbook id70476 undated 3