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Peer reviewedShaughnessy, C. A. – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses problems with military documentation during the Vietnam War. Reports poor record keeping practices, destruction of permanent files, and mislabeled and missing records. Describes the National Archives' Vietnam project that organized and preserved the remaining military records. Concludes that the Vietnam War was better documented than the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Higher Education, Historiography, Military Science
