From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Four American soldiers in Vietnam are drawn to resemble the photograph and statue of soldiers on Iwo Jima raising the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi. In the cartoon,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A Vietnamese military officer drives a vehicle labeled "Viet Nam" under a prominent, hot sun. An insect is flying around the officer's head, its buzzing wings making the sound...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head is covered in cuts and bruises and has a bandaged foot and leg. Using a crutch, he is moving toward the United Nations building. He also holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A giant hand suspends a birdcage over a curved chessboard (curve denotes the Earth). The cuff just behind the hand bears a hammer and sickle symbol. Standing inside the cage is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the jungle in Vietnam, an American soldier is on duty lying at the entrance of an open bunker holding a machine gun. Across the top of the bunker entrance are the words,...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A monk labeled "Rebel Buddhists" sits amid flames on a map of Southeast Asia that is marked with a hammer and sickle. The monk holds a crying child labeled "S. Vietnam freedom."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. The cartoon is divided in two parts. On the left side, an American soldier sits on one side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and reads a newspaper with the headline, "'68 election...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Reg Manning. Richard Nixon, carrying a valise labeled U.S., stands next to a building at a street corner in Paris under a street sign: "Waiting for Reds to stop aggression in S. Vietnam." He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Four sleeved forearms extend from the right side of the cartoon and make the thumbs-down gesture. The sleeves are labeled "Russia; Satellites; Red China" and "North Vietnam." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The barrel of a huge cannon labeled "Growing war in Vietnam" is pointing almost straight up, and a young woman labeled "World peace" with a laurel wreath on her head sits on its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Two parrots sit on a signpost with two arrows pointing in opposite directions. One arrow points to "South Vietnam" and the other to "Cambodia." Footprints on the ground lead...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A Vietnamese man labeled "Viet Cong" sits on a mat beneath a tree. His rifle is beside him on the mat. The man's arms are crossed, and he smiles as he listens to a radio broadcast...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A very battered dove labeled "Christmas truce" wears a sling labeled "79 violations" and walks with a crutch. Its neck is twisted into a knot, and it is bandaged all over its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A uniformed soldier labeled "Viet Cong" carrying a rifle stands at the mouth of a large storm drain labeled "South Vietnam." At his feet are five stones. From inside the storm...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. An American soldier and a North Vietnamese soldier face each other in foxholes, each holding a weapon. The gound between them is labeled South Vietnam. The American solder has one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Richard Nixon, carrying a paper labeled, "Political settlement through free elections," walks up to a voting booth set up outdoors in Vietnam. The booth curtains are open, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A river of oil, labeled "U.S. oil depot raids," spills from a hill in the upper right background of the cartoon. At the source of the oil, smoke rises. The oil flows toward the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Two U.S. soldiers are behind a sandbag bunker in Vietnam. One is looking through binoculars at the scene in the distance. The other holds his rifle and is talking into the radio...
Oral history.; Mrs. Geraldine (Gerry) Blessey was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 16, 1922. Mrs. Blessey is a member of the Biloxi Council of Garden Clubs, the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Symphony Guild, and the Maritime...
