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"19 Nashuans Among 242 New Hampshire Men Killed in War." Nashua Telegraph [Nashua, New Hampshire], January 29, 1973. Newspapers.com (75162399).  

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"Chambers for UNO Now Nearly Ready." The New York Times [New York, New York], March 22, 1946. https://www.nytimes.com/1946/03/22/archives/chambers-for-uno-now-nearly-ready-gymnasium-building-in-bronx.html.

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Farrell, Joelle. “Families still feel war’s sting.” Concord Monitor [Concord, New Hampshire], November 11, 2006. Newspapers.com (836411898). 

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"Dance: 'Angry Arts' at Hunter College." The New York Times [New York, New York], February 3, 1967. https://www.nytimes.com/1967/02/03/archives/dance-angry-arts-at-hunter-college-vietnamwar-protest-takes-various.html. 

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"Dow Chemical Office Picketed For Its Manufacture of Napalm." The New York Times [New York, New York], May 29, 1966. https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/29/archives/dow-chemical-office-picketed-for-its-manufacture-of-napalm.html.

"Draft Protestors will End Raids." The New York Times [New York, New York], August 24, 1969. https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/24/archives/draft-protesters-will-end-raids-8-say-they-are-returning-to-their.html.

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"First 2 Nike Nests Almost Ready In Supersonic City Defense Ring; Radar-Guided Missile Batteries Will Be on Harts Island and at Fort Tilden -- Area Will Eventually Have 20 to 30 Sites." The New York Times [New York, New York], January 7, 1955. https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/07/archives/first-2-nike-nests-almost-ready-in-supersonic-city-defense-ring.html. 

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"A Half-Million Whites Left City From 1960-1964, Figures Show." The New York Times [New York, New York], May 5, 1966. https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/05/archives/a-halfmillion-whites-left-city-from-19601964-figures-show-flight-to.html.

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"Mayor Busy on Plans for Private Housing." Brooklyn Eagle [Brooklyn, New York], November 29, 1939. Newspapers.com (52770656). 

"McCarthy Tours Bronx Wards, Says Veterans' Care is Poor." The New York Times [New York, New York], June 13, 1970. 
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Bibliography - Part 2

Primary Sources (continued)
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"Negro Will Head College in Bronx." The New York Times [New York, New York], March 10, 1966. https://www.nytimes.com/1966/03/10/archives/negro-will-head-college-in-bronx-dr-colston-of-knoxville-is-chosen.html. 

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"NIKE'S First Fight is for Good Sights." The New York Times [New York, New York], February 6, 1955. https://www.nytimes.com/1955/02/06/archives/nikes-first-fight-is-for-good-sites-armys-antiaircraft-missile.html. 

"NY Housing Project Brings $90 Million." The Times Record [Troy, New York], September 24, 1968. Newspapers.com (58785184). 

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"A Reminiscence Of The First Security Council Meeting In New York." United Nations Archive. Accessed November 20, 2025. https://archives.un.org/content/reminiscence-first-security-council-meeting-newyork .

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"Thousands March Here to Demand Vietnam Pullout." The New York Times [New York, New York], April 6, 1969. https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/06/archives/thousands-march-here-to-demand-withdrawal-from-vietnam-by-us.html.

"Thousands of Vietnam Veterans on Welfare Here." The New York Times [New York, New York], March 14, 1973. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/03/14/90929669.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0. 

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Bibliography- Part 3

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A young man in an Army special forces uniform.

Frank Balodati's name on the Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 2026. Courtesy of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Frank Balodati's name on the Honolulu Memorial.

The Vietnam Veterans of New Hampshire who Gave their Lives Memorial was erected in 2004 at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery. Images of New Hampshire.

A memorial in New Hampshire listing people who gave their lives during the Vietnam War.

Newspaper report of the death of Badolati, along with two other Southern Californian soldiers. Daily Times-Advocate, April 4, 1966.

A newspaper article about the loss of three men in Vietnam.

Sergeant First Class Huston recounts the events surrounding the death of Frank Badolati. Badolati’s name is redacted in this file, January 1966. Joint Casualty Resolution Center, Library of Congress.

A typed report of Frank Badolati's death.

Badolati with Team Roadrunner, 1966. Left to right: Wiley W. Gray, Cecil J. Hodgson (KIA), Billy A. McKeithe, Frank N. Badolati (KIA), and Ronald T. Terry (KIA). MACVSOG.

Frank Badolati and four other soldiers pose for a picture in front of a helicopter.

Frank Badolati poses in a jungle uniform before a mission, c.1966. U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment B-52, Project Delta.

Frank Badolati wearing fatigues in Vietnam.

Jonny Helga's passport was used to board the flight to New Jersey. She marked her permanent residence as Goffstown, New Hampshire, July, 26, 1962. National Archives and Records Administration.

Documentation of Frank Badolati's wife, Jonny, arriving in the U.S.

Frank Badolati poses with boxing gloves in Texas. The Wall of Faces, Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The 1950 Census lists 17-year-old Badolati living in the barracks at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. National Archives and Records Administration.

Frank Badolati family in the 1950 census.

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