Dedication of the Tu Tam Orphanage

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02730
Title: Dedication of the Tu Tam Orphanage
Description: Original caption: "Vietnamese Orphans receive congratulations from Lieutenant Colonel Paul C. Smithey, commander of the 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, on the dedication of the Tu Tam Orphanage at Pleiku recently. The orphanage is sponsored by the men of the 52nd." A large crowd of Vietnamese children stand and look at the camera. The girls and boys are in separate groups. There is an American soldier and a Catholic nun with the children.
Date: 1967, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Army; Soldiers; Orphanages; Children
Location: Pleiku, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 13.9718; 108.0151
Size: 15 x 22 cm
Container: B146, F3
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Army
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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