Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Audiocassette |
Catalog Number |
2005.52.36 |
Maker |
A&M Records, Inc. |
Date |
1987 |
Material(s) |
plastic; paper; |
Description |
This is a cassette tape with the soundtrack to "Good Morning, Vietnam". The cassette tape is stored in a clear plastic holder with cover art of a still of actor Robin Williams in the center. The tape itself is plastic with brown magnetic tape. The piece of cardboard with the cover art also includes information about the music. |
Notes |
"Good Morning Vietnam" was a movie based on the experiences of Adrian Cronauer a disk jockey who served in Siagon during the Vietnam War. The soundtrack for the movie includes songs that were popular during the Vietnam War. The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection is comprised of materials left at the Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial by comrades and loved ones of those soldiers that died during the Vietnam War. The memorial was built in 1988 and the curator at the Kentucky Military History Museum began collecting materials at that time. The design concept is in the form of a large sundial. There are 1,100 names of Kentuckians on the memorial, including 23 missing in action. Each name is engraved into the plaza, and placed so that the tip of the shadow touches his name on the anniversary of his death, thus giving each fallen veteran a personal Memorial Day. The location of each name is fixed mathematically by the date of casualty, the geographic location of the memorial, the height of the gnomon and the physics of solar movement. The stones were then designed and cut to avoid dividing any individual name. The resulting radial-concentric joint pattern suggests a "web", symbolic of the entangling nature of this war. |
Collection |
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection |
Event |
Vietnam War |
People |
A&M Records, Inc. |
Subjects |
Memorials War Veterans Veterans' organizations Music DJs |
Search Terms |
Vietnam War Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial music Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Military souvenirs |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |