Time Frame Artifact Type Title Description
Video Vietnam War Veteran Describes Precautions Taken When Returning to U.S.

Dan Gannon is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He spent more than 300 days in combat, rising to the rank of Captain before leaving the military.
Video Vietnam War Veteran Describes Experience Returning to U.S.

Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In this segment from Iowa Experience: Vietnam, Smith describes the political climate in the United States as he and other soldiers returned from the war.
Video A U.S. Platoon Leader Remembers Vietnam

Dan Gannon is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He spent more than 300 days in combat, rising to the rank of Captain before leaving the military.
Video A U.S. Soldier Recalls Vietnam War Battle Experiences

U.S. veteran Caesar Smith gives a first hand account of the fighting conditions in Vietnam. Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops.
Video U.S. Vietnam War Veteran Shares Perspective on the North Vietnamese

Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops, returning as a soldier in 1968.
Video U.S. Army Veteran’s Perspective on the Mindset of the South Vietnamese Soldiers During the Vietnam War

Caesar Smith gives his perspective on the mindset of South Vietnamese soldiers he served with who had been fighting for their country's freedom since World War II. Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam. In 1964, he was a U.S. advisor to South Vietnamese troops.
Video South Vietnamese Veteran’s Perspective on U.S. Military Advisors During the Vietnam War

Hien Van Le spent 21 years in the military. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was the Head of Military Intelligence of the South Vietnamese Marine Corps from 1970 until the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.
Video U.S. Army Veteran Describes the Role of Military Advisors in Vietnam in the 1960s

U.S Army veteran Caesar Smith explains the political climate of Vietnam after World War II and the role U.S. advisers played in Vietnam prior to the start of the Vietnam War. Caesar Smith was a career military officer who served two tours in Vietnam and retired as a Major. In 1964, he was a U.S.
Video Ambassador Quinn Describes Effort to Bring South Vietnamese Refugees to Iowa in 1979

Dr. Kenneth M. Quinn, former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, describes efforts by Iowa Governor Robert Ray to help bring Vietnamese refugees to Iowa in 1979.
2000 Video The History of the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines

Back in 1871, when the first earth was broken on a hill on Des Moines’ east side, the capitol was an expression of faith. In this segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary, learn about the building of Iowa’s historic capitol building.