Versace family tapes

1962 August 1
Scope and Content Note: Rocky describes his trip from Maryland to Vietnam and the situation there.

1962 August 10
Scope and Content Note: Rocky discusses the situation in Vietnam.

1962 August
Scope and Content Note: Rocky speaks of his day-to-day activities and his assessment of the war.

1962 September 25
Scope and Content Note: Rocky and other members of his intelligence advisory unit talk about their life in Vietnam.

1962 October 9 & 16
Scope and Content Note: Rocky discusses day-to-day life in camp.

1962 October 2
Scope and Content Note: Rocky's views about Vietnam, the American press, and camp life; also, a Sergeant Campana speaks of a trip to Saigon.

1962 November
Scope and Content Note: Rocky discusses his situation and problems in Vietnam.

1962 December
Scope and Content Note: Rocky discusses conditions in Vietnam, morale, and family matters.

1963 June 13
Scope and Content Note: Rocky and other members of his outpost converse in French and Vietnamese then speak in English about their day-to-day life.

1962 July (1963?)
Scope and Content Note: Michael, Tracy, Humbert, and Tere Versace, a Catholic priest, and Chi-Chi Skelly discuss news from home. [Missing, December 2010]

[Missing, January 2011]

Major James N. Rowe: "My Five Years with the Viet Cong." Address to the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation, Twin Circle Conference, St. Louis, Missouri 1970 March 7
Scope and Content Note: 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.

Interview of Tere Rios Versace, Black Earth, Wisconsin 1974 July 10
Scope and Content Note: 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.

Interview of Tere Rios Versace, Black Earth, Wisconsin, (continued) 1974 July 10
Scope and Content Note: 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.

[Analog copies of 516A/1-9. Digitized in 2010.]