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Container
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Mss 268
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Subseries: General correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
8-10
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1946-1964
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Box
2
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1-5
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1965-1977
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Box
2
Folder
6
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, Undated family correspondence
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Versace family tapes
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516A/1
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August 1, 1962
: Rocky describes his trip from Maryland to Vietnam and the situation there.
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516A/2
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August 10, 1962
: Rocky discusses the situation in Vietnam.
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516A/3
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August 1962
: Rocky speaks of his day-to-day activities and his assessment of the war.
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516A/4
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September 25, 1962
: Rocky and other members of his intelligence advisory unit talk about their life in Vietnam.
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516A/5
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October 9 & 16, 1962
: Rocky discusses day-to-day life in camp.
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516A/6
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October 2, 1962
: Rocky's views about Vietnam, the American press, and camp life; also, a Sergeant Campana speaks of a trip to Saigon.
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516A/7
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November 1962
: Rocky discusses his situation and problems in Vietnam.
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516A/8
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December 1962
: Rocky discusses conditions in Vietnam, morale, and family matters.
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516A/9
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June 13, 1963
: Rocky and other members of his outpost converse in French and Vietnamese then speak in English about their day-to-day life.
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516A/10
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July 1962 (1963?)
: Michael, Tracy, Humbert, and Tere Versace, a Catholic priest, and Chi-Chi Skelly discuss news from home. [Missing, December 2010]
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516A/11-12
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[Missing, January 2011]
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516A/13
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Major James N. Rowe: “My Five Years with the Viet Cong.” Address to the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, Twin Circle Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, March 7, 1970
: Speech on his experiences as a POW with Rocky Versace; indoctrination attempts by Viet Cong; everyday resistance by POW; death of Versace; escape of Rowe and return home.
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516A/14
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Interview of Tere Rios Versace, Black Earth, Wisconsin, July 10, 1974
: Mrs. Versace tells of her attempts to learn the fate of Rocky Versace after his disappearance in Vietnam in 1963; interactions with the government; other POW recovery groups. Difficulties in the family.
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516A/15
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Interview of Tere Rios Versace, Black Earth, Wisconsin, July 10, 1974 (continued)
: Mrs. Versace continues interview, talks of Rocky's initial status as “detained against his will” vs. POW and how it minimized the responsibility of the government to rescue him. Threats to Versace family by government for their outspokenness in learning the truth. Discussion of Rocky's co-captives, James Rowe and Daniel Pitzer and their avoidance of the Versace family upon return.
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516A/20-24
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[Analog copies of 516A/1-9. Digitized in 2010.]
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