Don Zuber, Jr. Vietnam War correspondence

This collection contains the correspondence of Sgt. Don Zuber, Jr., USA throughout his training and time served during the Vietnam War. Zuber served with the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment as a radio teletype operator. Most of the collection is correspondence from Zuber to his parents, Don Sr. and Laura Zuber in San Pedro, CA. The collection includes letters from Zuber to his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Guido Tognazzini in Santa Maria, CA. The collection also includes some photographs, newspaper articles and a Vietnam Conflict Map.

Early correspondence, August 1968 - March 1969 relates daily life and training at Fort Ord, CA and Fort Gordon, Georgia. Correspondence from April 1969 to March 1970 describes his job, life in camp headquarters and local scenery in Vietnam, principally in Bien Hoa and Quan Loi. In a document accompanying the collection entitled "My Letters Home" Zuber explains that his letters are mostly positive, writing that although "I was always around conflict and death and earned the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a rocket attack. I kept this negativity from my parents and shared only my positive experiences with them in letters written home. I decided to write them every day and give them assurance of my safety." -- The collection also includes correspondence from Jon M. Young to his uncle Guido Tognazzini.