Category:William Foulke Collection

English: This collection contains three original press kits: (1) USIS Press Kit for State Visit of President Lyndon B. Johnson to Korea October 31 through November 2, 1966; (2) United Nations Command, United States Air Forces Korea, Eighth United States Army Press Kit; (3) Manila Summit Conference Press Kit, October 1966. Also in this collection are 38 reels of 16mm film; photographs, negatives, and slides; posters; Vietnamese currency; film; biographical and informational essays by William Foulke; Vietnam Feature Service (Pubs-005): Farm Credit and Miracle Rice... Raising An Giang's Living Standards, Accredited Verses Non Accredited Press Corps; U.S. Army Photographic Agency Sound Recording Records, Motion Picture Captions, and Summaries; Documents concerning an Australian Platoon Exchange with the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division; Tour 365: USARV Returnee Magazine, Winter 1968; What You Should Know About Vietnam. Slides and accompanying essays for MACV Army 'A' Photo Team Travels to Thailand. Also included are materials related to the Manila Summit Conference held in 1966. Also included are first-hand accounts of Foulke's work with various Deseret Test Center projects between June 1964 and May 1969. These accounts are dated 2016 or are otherwise undated.

Biographical / Historical:

William H. Foulke spent 13 years as a U.S. Army photographer, including approximately 3 years in South Vietnam. While stationed in Vietnam, Foulke served with the Army Pictorial Center, NYC, 1965; DASPO Pacific Det., 1966-1967 and 1971; and the 221st Signal Co/MACV, 1967-1969. During the closing days of APC, William Foulke was assigned to film destruction. He salvaged some unclassified film including some shot by Kermit Yoho (killed in action during Tet 1968) and Leroy Massie as well as other DASPO members.