[Vietnam War Protestors]

Photograph of male protesters looking ahead as they are leaving a building still holding up their posters, which reads "War Registers League." Signs advertising the United States Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps recruiting offices are visible on the left side of the photograph.
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Revolutionary War Marker]

Photograph of John Whiteside's gravesite. He has a marker indicating his participation in the Revolutionary War. The marker looks similar to a compass.
Date: March 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World War I Regiment]

Photograph of World War I S.A.T.C. regiment at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Dwight Ross, Sr. is 12th from the left. The back of the photograph lists five men and their addresses.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Protesters Against Vietnam War]

Photograph of a Small section of a group of protesters against the Vietnam War.
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Line of Protesters Against Vietnam War]

Photograph of protesters against the war are being addressed by a gentleman wearing a peace sign logo on his left jacket arm.
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polo Castillo, Jr.]

Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, Jr., 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division in Phu Bai, Vietnam. He is holding a rifle while standing in front of a tent on a military base. The handwriting on the photo reads "Polo Castillo, Jr." and "Vietnam 1968."
Date: April 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polo Castillo, Jr. In Vietnam]

Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam. Polo is posing in front of a tower of sandbags and military structures. The back of the photograph reads, "The jacket I have on is a flak jacket which protects us from shrapnel or what have you. Can you see me wearing this heavy protective jacket, rifle, helmet + so on with this heat. Gia Le Combat Base, April-68. Your Loving Fiancee, Polo Castillo."
Date: April 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Guard Duty in Bunker]

Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo (1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division) on guard duty in a bunker. The bunker is located on the Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: September 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bunker Duty]

Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo (1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division) on guard duty in a bunker at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: September 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Machine Gun in Bunker]

Photograph of Marine with the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division manning a 50 caliber machine gun in a bunker at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: September 1968
Creator: Polo Castillo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Explosives]

Photograph of Andy Anderson (seated left), Santos Arellano (standing left), Polo Castillo (standing right) of the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division. The men are posing in front of the Explosives sign at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: December 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polo Castillo With Village Children]

Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo - 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division with children in Vietnam where his battalion was searching and assisting local villages. The back of the photograph reads" November 68."
Date: November 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polo Castillo in Jeep]

Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo (1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division) in a Jeep en route in a convoy to Da Nang, Vietnam. Castillo was stationed at Gia Le Combat Base. The back of the photograph reads," My Darling Wife, Yolanda. This was taken a few hours before we left on the convoy to Da Nang. At that time, that jeep I drive didn't have a windshield or a top. The last few hours at Gia Le. What'cha think of my little groovey hat. Ha! Love Ya Forever, Your Loving Husband, Paul Castillo. Gia Le, RVN September 1968."
Date: September 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Patterson Cousin]

Photograph of Cloys Patterson's cousin. He is wearing an Army uniform.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alfred Dreher to Bonnie Fieldsend, January 14, 1995] (open access)

[Letter from Alfred Dreher to Bonnie Fieldsend, January 14, 1995]

Letter from Alfred "Ben" Dreher to Bonnie Fieldsend discussing his friendship with Bonnie's father, Geroge Brundrett while in the U.S. Army Air Corps and as a Prisoner of War during World War II in the South Pacific. George died while a P.O.W. in July 1945.
Date: January 14, 1995
Creator: Alfred B. Dreher
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oluff Beauchamp in Navy Uniform]

Postcard of Oluff Beauchamp in his Navy uniform. The photograph was taken in a studio as visible by the painted background.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burl Bryant]

Photograph of Burl Bryant sitting in a wooden chair while wearing a World War I uniform.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Guards on Duty]

Photograph of three soldiers standing guard, holding guns. Photograph taken in Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joseph Kell in Uniform]

Photograph of Joesph Kell, son of Frank and Lula (Kemp) Kell, in uniform. The World War I uniform has a "T.E.X." pin on the collar.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Change of Command]

Photograph of Camp Pendleton, California Headquarters, 1st Marine Division. Sgt Polo Castillo holds a Marine flag on parade grounds for a change of command.
Date: 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flack Brothers]

Photograph of brothers Al and Milton Flack. The two men are dressed in World War I uniforms.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Peace Demonstration

Photograph of an organized line of people protesting with posters against the Vietnam War.
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Peace Demonstrationers on Street]

Photograph of a group of people holding signs in protest of the Vietnam War.
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vietnam Protesters With Signs]

Photograph of a small section of demonstrators rallying against the war. Their signs read: "STOP THE WAR," "UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU," REMEMBER: "THOU SHALT NOT KILL," "BLACKS: 12% IN U.S. 22% IN VIETNAM. WHY?"
Date: December 24, 1969
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History