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Title
[Rita
Barbraitis
at
Base
Camp
Cu
Chi
,
Vietnam
,
1968]
Date
1968
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
American Red Cross
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Red Cross
Item description
Rita
Barbraitis
poses
in
front
of
sandbags
at
Base
Camp
Cu
Chi
,
Vietnam
,
1968
.
Veteran's name
Barbraitis, Rita A.
Veteran's biography
Rita
A.
Barbraitis
(b
.
1944)
served
in the
American
Red
Cross
from
1967
to
1974
.
Rita
A.
Barbraitis
was
born
11
November
1944
in
Worcester
,
Massachusetts
.
After
graduating
from
Boston's
Emmanuel
College
in
early
1967
,
Barbraitis
was
accepted
into The
American
Red
Cross
'
Supplemental
Recreational
Activities
Overseas
Program
. She was
flown
to
Washington
,
D.C
. for an
interview
,
after
which
she
spent
two
weeks
training
for her
assignment
in
Korea
.
In
July
1967
,
Barbraitis
was
flown
to the
23rd
Area
Support
Group
at
Camp
Humphreys
in
Pyeongtaek
,
South
Korea
,
where
she
worked
as a
Red
Cross
program
director
. As
part
of a
traveling
unit
,
Barbraitis
visited
various
military
camps
and
performed
music
and
sports
programs
as a
morale
boost
for the
troops
.
In
December
1967
, she was
relocated
to
Pleiku
,
Vietnam
,
until
October
1968
.
Barbraitis
then
embarked
on a
rest
and
recreation
, or
R&R
,
tour
of the
world
,
visting
places
such
as
Thailand
,
India
, and
Nepal
in
South
Asia
.
After
returning
to
Boston
,
Barbraitis
helped
train
Red
Cross
recruits
in
Washington
,
D.C.
,
before
going
back
to
Vietnam
in
July
1969
where
she was
stationed
in
Nha
Trang
,
Da
Nang
, and
Cu
Chi
.
After
Barbraitis
left
the
American
Red
Cross
SRAO
program
in
1970
she
moved
to
California
. She
spent
the
next
few
years
working
with the
American
Red
Cross
assisting
with
disasters
across
the
country
, as
well
as
working
as a
youth
director
with
high
school
and
college
students
involved
with the
American
Red
Cross
.
After
leaving
the
American
Red
Cross
,
Barbraitis
moved
to
Santa
Cruz
,
California
,
before
settling
in
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
.
Place
Vietnam
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0564 Rita A. Barbraitis Papers
Collection summary
May
2014
oral
history
interview
,
photographs
,
recruiting
brochures
,
1992-1993
issues
of
Round
Robinette
newsletters
,
identification
cards
,
newspaper
clipping
, and
other
miscelleaneous
materials
from her
time
with the
SRAO
American
Red
Cross
.
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0564.6.011
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
907985246
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