Paper documents

Vietnam recollections and anecdotes
Scope and Content Note: Ekenstedt works from a numbered list of topics in no particular order. Topics include R&R experiences of others, Christmas in Vietnam, incidents covered up by the authorities, popular songs, lack of support by the U.S. government of soldiers who shot or injured civilians, attitudes toward protesters back home, sharing of books and comics, model airplanes, USO shows, whorehouses, religious activities, thefts by other military personnel and by Vietnamese, and many others.

Cuba recollections
Scope and Content Note: Topics include the plane almost running out of gas, the boredom of service at Guantanamo, his work there as a bus driver and in the desaltation plant, his success in a campaign to change Navy policy of extending Seabee's service in Cuba beyond a year if their discharge date was close, and others. He also talks briefly of employment in Colorado and the Dakotas after his discharge.