| Scope and content |
This collection consists of reel-to-reel audiotape footage of U.S. forces at Phan Rang Air Force Base or Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam, being overrun by Viet Cong attackers. The tape was recorded by Leonard D. Sawyer, Sr., while he was an Avionic Inertial & Radar Nav. Sys. Tech. on a USAF plane during the Vietnam War. Also included is a two-page summary of Mr. Sawyer's service record with the USAF (April 16, 1968 - July 31, 1972). |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Leonard D. Sawyer, Sr., Collection (#1241), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Leonard D. Sawyer, Jr.. |
| Biographical note | Leonard D. Sawyer of Belhaven, Beaufort Co., N.C., entered service April 16, 1968, and served in Vietnam and later in Okinawa as an Avionic Inertial & Radar Naval System Tech. He retired from service July 31, 1972. |
