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Film, Video Performance: Precious Pearl

Event video

About this Item

Title

  • Performance: Precious Pearl

Summary

  • Written by Cindy Morgan and Navy veteran Kimberly Mitchell, "Precious Pearl" tells the story of Mitchell, who was found as a baby on the roadside, clinging to the body of her deceased mother during the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese Marine carried her to the Sacred Heart Orphanage in Da Nang, where she was adopted by a U.S. Airman and brought back to Wisconsin from where she dedicated her life to service.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Veterans History Project (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-11-13.

Notes

  • -  Group name: VHP 20th Anniversary. 7
  • -  Kimberly Mitchell, Cindy Morgan.
  • -  Recorded on 2020-11-13.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697214

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S Veterans History Project. Performance: Precious Pearl. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-13, 2020. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697214/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Veterans History Project, U. S. (2020) Performance: Precious Pearl. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-13. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697214/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S Veterans History Project. Performance: Precious Pearl. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-13, 2020. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697214/>.