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National Archives (USA) Releases Marine Corps Command Chronologies for the Vietnam War Print E-mail
2011-01-17

For those rrps unitsesearching military files the National Archives and Records
Administration (USA)  has  released a new series which primarily consists of
command chronologies of U.S. Marine Co that served during the time
of the Vietnam Conflict, and includes the records of those units that served
in Vietnam as well as domestically and throughout the world.  This series of
records was created between April 1962 and June 1987, it contains documents
that describe events that occurred as early as April 1952.  See:
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps/command-chronology-additional.html
 
There are four common sections of information: organizational data,
narrative summaries of events, accomplishments and losses, sequential
listings of significant events within the unit, and supporting
documentation. More extensive chronologies include lists of commanders,
lists of staff officers, lists of location(s) where units were stationed,
lists of awards and training received, lists of operations participated in,
situation reports, and records relating to community relations activities.
Click on the box on the right: Command Chronologies Report or go to the site
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps/command-chronology.html
and then scroll down to index to reports to access which of the series you
want to research.
 
Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Director-at-Large
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee