director steve maxner will show us pertinent items for -- personal items of men and women in the the war. >> today we're visiting the vietnam center archive located in the special elections library on the campus. texas tech university. it got its start back in 1989 when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes on the vietnam war. he was a military history professor, he served two tours in the navy in vietnam and he wanted to try educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library they almost had no books on vietnam at that time. this was only 14 years. he went to his department chair and asked if they had financial support. i think he was eligible for $300 of support from them. he got together with a group of local veterans and asked them if they would be willing to support the creation of some kind of project so they could teach classes, mostly graduate level and collect and preserve material and start this massive project to make sure that we're educating our students about the important part of american history. from that humble

director steve maxner will show us pertinent items for -- personal items of men and women in the the war. >> today we're visiting the vietnam center archive located in the special elections library on the campus. texas tech university. it got its start back in 1989 when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes on the vietnam war. he was a military history professor, he served two tours in the navy in vietnam and he wanted to try educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library they almost had no books on vietnam at that time.