Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in Southeast Asia. There are 58,000 names on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, including eight women. Lutz honors those who served by owning letters written home from Vietnam, carried-through-the-jungle diaries, Christmas menus, photographs taken on bases and in the field, POW memorial bracelets, military medals, publications given to servicemen, USO show materials, and even a letter home from a POW held in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Click on photographs to explore the archive.
POW Richard Brenneman Writes From The Hanoi Hilton To His Father In Indiana; This Was The Family’s ONLY Communication With Their Son Until His Release In 1973
Sal Veder Signs His Pulitzer Prize Winning Photograph, Burst Of Joy, Showing A Returning POW Reunited With His Family
Legendary Marine Sniper Carlos Hathcock Signs A Photograph
Legendary Marine Sniper Carlos Hathcock Autographs His Book Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
A Selective Service Notification (Draft Card) For A Young Minnesota Man
A Disabled Veteran Appears In The 1973 Home With Honor Parade In New York City
During New York City’s 1973 Home With Honor Parade, A Civilian Greets And Thanks A Wounded Veteran
An American GI Bravely Peers Into A Cu Chi Tunnel
An American GI Photographs Local Villagers
A Book, Last Men Out, Signed By Many Of The Last Marines Rescued From The United States Embassy Roof In Saigon During The Evacuation
Legendary Entertainer Bob Hope Performs At A USO Show
A North Vietnamese Propaganda Leaflet Trying To Convince GIs To Abandon The War
