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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: Lala participated in a letter writing project from 1967-1969.
  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Location of Service: United States
  • Military Status: Civilian

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"...some of the recipients shared my letters and address..."

During the Vietnam War, Patricia Lala corresponded with Marines she met through school, friends, and a letter-writing club. While married to Vince Pugliese, she became a member of the local Junior Women's Club and began writing to many Marines stationed with the 3rd Marine Division. What is different and notable in the collection is the voice of protest of the Vietnam era, and a clear change in society's mores. What is familiar from our accounts of all wars, is how important correspondence is to all troops, even when they do not know the sender.

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[ Letter to Jack Enix [06/09/68] ]
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[ Letter to Jack Enix [06/12/68] ]
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[ Letter to Jack Enix [06/14/68] ]
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[ Letter to Jack Enix [06/17/68] ]
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[ Letter to John Lee [04/03/68] ]
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[ Letter to Pat and Girls [08/01/68] ]
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[ Letter from Robert Gauthier [1968] ]
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[ Letter from Dallas Hampton [10/18/68] ]
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[ Letter from David Jasper [02/24/69] ]
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[ Letter from David Jasper [06/30/69] ]
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[ Letter from David Jasper [07/20/69] ]
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[ Letter from David Jasper [08/21/69] ]
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[ Letter from William Mead [1969] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [08/14/68] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [09/11/68] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [10/13/68] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [10/18/68] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [12/21/68] ]
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[ Letter from L.D. Smith [02/09/69] ]
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[ Letter from Charlie Hoover [05/11/68] ]
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About this Item

Title

  • Patricia L. Lala Collection

Names

  • Lala, Patricia L.
  • Lala, Patricia

State of Birth

  • CA

Home State

  • CA

Headings

  • -  Lala, Patricia L.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  Temple City Junior Women's Club -- Personal Narratives

Notes

  • -  During the Vietnam War, Patricia Lala corresponded with soldiers she met through school, friends, and a letter-writing club. While married to Vince Pugliese, she became a member of the Junior Women’s Club and began writing to soldiers stationed with the 3rd Marine Division. During this time, she also began corresponding with Marines she met in Oceanside, California, the home of Camp Pendleton. Lala’s submission also includes correspondence with Ruben Yuriar, a high school acquaintance and major in the U.S. Army whom she later married. After her second divorce, she resumed the use of her birth name Lala. Her submission has been grouped and organized into three major sections: 1) Junior Women’s Club 3rd Marine Division correspondence; 2) Yuriar correspondence; and 3) Oceanside correspondence. Please refer to Collection Files 2236-2244 for collection item materials.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Status

  • Civilian

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Service History Note: Lala participated in a letter writing project from 1967-1969.
    • Location of Service: United States
    • Military Status: Civilian

Materials

  • Manuscript: Correspondence [23 items] -- (collected 1967 - 1970)
  • Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1968)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/2236

Cite as

  • Patricia L. Lala Collection (AFC/2001/001/2236), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

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Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Wars & Conflicts

Location of Service

Gender

Highest Rank

Discharge Status

Interviewee

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Lala, Patricia L, and Patricia Lala. Patricia L. Lala Collection. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02236/.

APA citation style:

Lala, P. L. & Lala, P. Patricia L. Lala Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02236/.

MLA citation style:

Lala, Patricia L, and Patricia Lala. Patricia L. Lala Collection. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02236/>.