Lee Wilson Collection
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- Apex woman is highest ranking guard enlistee in N.C., circa 1979
- A four-column newspaper article about Lee Wilson's rank in the U.S. National Guard. Topics include changes that allow women to serve in the National Guard; Wilson's army service in Vietnam; her reasons for joining the Guard; and male response to her service.
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- Estimated time of separation calendar
- Humorous hand-drawn ETS (estimated time of separation) calendar for Lee Wilson. The calendar counts down the days of Wilson's 15 month tour, which ended in May 1969. It includes drawings and funny captions, including a WAC crashing a jeep into a tree, a soldier aiming his gun backwards, and a GI dreaming of things back home as he drinks at the NCO club.
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- First female VFW member recalls Vietnam events
- A four-column newspaper article from the Cary News, published in 1979, in which Lee Wilson describes her time served in Vietnam. Topics include membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars; reasons for joining the WAC; arriving during the Tet Offensive; working as a personnel assistant; attacks on the base; and the Vietnam countryside.
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- Helicopter bringing in wounded
- A dust-off helicopter rests on the helipad at the USARV hospital in Long Binh, Vietnam, in spring of 1969. Two men remove a wounded patient on a stretcher from the chopper.
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- Jeeps at USARV
- A row of military vehicles is parked U.S. Army, Vietnam Headquarters in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968. The air traffic control tower can be seen in the background.
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- Leaflet dropped by the U.S. in Vietnam
- This one-page leaflet, written in Vietnamese and dropped by the U.S. in Vietnam in 1968, asks for aid in the capture of Ngyuen Van Thi. According to the translation, it provides information about him and recommends that he or his friends turn him in to the U.S. Army.
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- Lee Wilson and Major Parker in office
- Lee Wilson, in WAC fatigues with boots, sits on the floor next to Major Parker, who is seated at a desk, in their office in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson and Marilyn Roth in Vietnam
- Marilyn Roth (left) and Lee Wilson, both in field uniforms, stand together at a military facility in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson and Vicki Lapinski at USARV
- WACs Lee Wilson (left) and Vicki Lapinski (right) pose with Colonel Wood at an event at U.S. Army Vietnam headquarters, circa 1968. Behind them many soldiers, two with guidons, appear to be heading inside a building.
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- Lee Wilson and WAC
- Lee Wilson (right) and a fellow WAC pose in front of a large tent at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, circa 1967. Both women wear WAC green cord uniforms. Permanent buildings and roads can be seen in the background.
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- Lee Wilson and soldier in Saigon
- WAC Lee Wilson and soldier Del Height, both in field uniforms with boots, pose outdoors in Saigon, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson and soldiers at skeet range
- WAC Lee Wilson and five U.S. Army soldiers all carry shotguns as they walk to the skeet shooting range at Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson at bivouac
- Lee Wilson, in green cord uniform, stands at encampment at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, circa 1967. Rows of large tents can be seen behind her.
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- Lee Wilson at desk, Vietnam
- Lee Wilson, in WAC fatigues, sits at her desk in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson at work
- An official U.S. Army photograph taken of Lee Wilson at work as a section chief at the transfer point at Fort Jackson, S.C., in December 1967.
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- Lee Wilson at work in Vietnam
- WAC Lee Wilson, sitting on a desk in her office in Long Binh, Vietnam, is pictured in spring of 1969 with another soldier who has his feet up on a desk. A large map can be seen on the wall behind them.
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- Lee Wilson on a pier, Vietnam
- Lee Wilson stands on a pier overlooking the water in Vietnam circa 1968, wearing the WAC green cord uniform.
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- Lee Wilson on porch
- Lee Wilson poses on the porch of a building at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, wearing her WAC green cord summer uniform and cap, circa 1967.
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- Lee Wilson skeet shooting
- Lee Wilson, in civilian clothing, aims her rifle at a skeet shooting range in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
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- Lee Wilson skeet shooting, Vietnam
- WAC Lee Wilson, in civilian attire, fires her rifle at a skeet shooting range in Long Binh, Vietnam, circa 1968.
