Colonel Theodore V. Koepke gives Tet Envelopes to girls in Buddet Institute Orphanage in Saigon

Item

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Digital Object Identifier

363-02554

Title

Colonel Theodore V. Koepke gives Tet Envelopes to girls in Buddet Institute Orphanage in Saigon

Description

Original caption: "Saigon - TET Envelopes - Chaplain (Colonel) Theodore V. Koepke, Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, holds the TET Envelopes, containing donations by the NACV Chaplains Corps, for the girls in the Buddet Institute Orphanage in Saigon. Assisting Chaplain Koepke in distributing envelopes is Miss Lee Eckles, of San Francisco, California, came to Vietnam at her own expense, with the assistance of friends, to try to help the people of this country in their struggle for freedom and independence." An American man in military uniform and a woman wearing an ao dai crouch amongst a group of Vietnamese girls. The man holds something in his hands, possibly envelopes.

Date

1967

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Vietnamese New Year; Chaplains; Children; Civilians in war; United States. Navy. Chaplain Corps; Orphanages

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6297

Size

20 x 25 cm

Container

B146, F3

Format

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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