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[Polo Castillo, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, Jr., 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division in Phu Bai, Vietnam. He is holding a rifle while standing in front of a tent on a military base. The handwriting on the photo reads "Polo Castillo, Jr." and "Vietnam 1968."
Date: April 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Polo Castillo, Jr. In Vietnam]

Description: Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam. Polo is posing in front of a tower of sandbags and military structures. The back of the photograph reads, "The jacket I have on is a flak jacket which protects us from shrapnel or what have you. Can you see me wearing this heavy protective jacket, rifle, helmet + so on with this heat. Gia Le Combat Base, April-68. Your Loving Fiancee, Polo Castillo."
Date: April 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Postcard of Hodges Gardens in Fall]

Description: Postcard of rows of red, yellow, and white flowers lining a stone banked stream. On the back, the postcard adds, "Hodges Gardens Highway 171 - Many, Louisiana The exotic colors of fall attract many visitors to Louisiana's Garden in the Forest."
Date: April 15, 1968
Creator: Jim Hampson & Advertising Mart, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hodges Gardens Stream]

Description: Postcard of a stream winding towards the lake with scattered trees and yellow flowers along the side. The back of the postcard adds, "Hodges Gardens Highway 171 - Many, Louisiana A carpet of colorful pansies is an attraction every spring at Hodges Gardens, a year-round chain of flowers in the pine hills of Western Louisiana. Azaleas, tulips, dogwood in delicate pink and white, and masses of wild azalea and fragrant yellow jasmine form a brilliant spring show."
Date: April 15, 1968
Creator: Jim Hampson & Advertising Mart, Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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