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The Bamboo Bridge, 1984

 File — Box: 78, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

a Homecoming of H onor for Viet Nam & Combat Zone Veterans, which some have compared this to a NWTA for Veterans, Founded by Christan Kramer, Viet Nam Veteran and National Director, the Bamboo Bridge and Patricia Clason, Director of the Center for Creative Living and instructor for the Bamboo Bridge. (Patricia Clason is sometimes called the grandmother of the NWTA as the founders had taken workshops with her and would send protocol drafts for NWTA to her for her input. Also see MSU Library Catalog for item authored by her.) This was expanded to women veterans and families of veterans. A later name for a slightly different organization is Vet’s Journey Home. File also contains information on Wisconsin’s Vietnam Vets, Inc. Chapter One; Vietnam Veterans of America, and Southeast Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Healing the Wounds of Vietnam by Don Hayes, Indochina Newsletter from the Asia Resource Center, Cambridge, MA, Issue 84 (11994 No. 1); Reflections on the Dedication of the Vietnam Veterans memorial by Robert Jacobson, which was published in a couple of Boston papers; The Vietnam War and the Erosion of Male Confidence by Robert Bly pub. in Utne Reader Oct/Nov 1984, pp. 75 – 78.

Dates

  • Creation: 1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research except for documents bound by a red ribbon, which are restricted.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Extent

From the Collection: approximately 292 Linear Feet (292 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

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