FRD has a long history of contributing digitized materials to electronic databases, four of which are now cataloged Library collections. The “Country” collections are archives of past works, while the “Vietnam-Era POW/MIA Database” is the largest and most active resource, with new documents added quarterly. “Military Legal Resources” is a compilation of documents FRD updated and maintained for a number of years; it is now overseen by the Law Library of Congress.
Collection
Country Profiles
This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.
Country Studies
Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world. Most books in the series…
Military Legal Resources
This collection includes material from the William Winthrop Memorial Library at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School External in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) External is the legal arm of the United States Army, established on July 29, 1775 External by General George Washington. Selections of their physical library collection have been digitized and made available to…
Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database
DPAA Shipment 157: What’s New! Interesting Document One report in the most recent set of documents details information from a file concerning the July 25, 1968 shoot-down of a U.S. F-4 aircraft over Nghe An Province, Vietnam, and the subsequent capture of an American pilot (REFNO 1236). In addition to describing these events, the file includes a translation of a 2018 Vietnamese newspaper article…
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